emergent

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“To frame the discussion, 25 to 30 years ago, the key emergent risk was corporate credit risk,” he said, noting out that the U.S. federal government “actually ran some surpluses then.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

The monitor Netblocks said on Tuesday that "traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting", in which selected users, entities or services are allowed to bypass restrictions.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

In that period, less severe medical diagnoses can become more emergent.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

Are these systems displaying emergent signs of consciousness?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

He leaned toward them and said, “In object-oriented programming, discrete software objects interfaced more freely, in a system of corporate service provision that mirrored the emergent structures of late capitalism.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson