prototype
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At an unveiling in Salt Lake City in December 2016, Milton had declared the Nikola One prototype fully functional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Fielder tells Holmes that he was reminded of the bit the day before, when Holmes tried to describe the science and intention of Theranos in front of its deconstructed prototype.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tesla showed off a prototype of the car in November 2017 and started taking deposits of $50,000—or $250,000 for a limited “Founders Series” model—from customers who wanted to get in line to buy one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The factory then makes a prototype, and builds moulds from which plastic parts and other components are formed.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The story of Siegfried is so familiar that that of his Norse prototype, Sigurd, can be briefly told.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Unlike earlier prototypes, the new nuclear clock can maintain its own stability without depending on a conventional atomic clock.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
"It's a composite image. Each member of this family has several prototypes," the guide explained.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“You have to be hands on keyboard. And so whenever we’re building prototypes for our own products, I’m in the prototype, and I really want to see how it feels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
I vividly remember going to his design studio to review the prototypes of three dolls with him, take notes and make necessary adjustments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
At the heart of the story is southern California, whose cities became prototypes for the rest of the nation, whose love of the automobile changed what America looks like and what Americans eat.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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“They prototyped a lot of ideas,” said Yee, a father of three who took over from Akl as chairman of the board of KidSTREAM in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
The first digital camera was prototyped in 1975 by Eastman Kodak, which owned 90% of the U.S. film market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Together, they designed user interfaces, prototyped an app and coded a website based on the prototype.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
For months, Corrigan, Popa and a small team prototyped the material, which was released earlier this year by 3M under the name Cushion Lock.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Years ago, a handful of input engineers and key designers had prototyped multitouch-focused interaction demos, followed by the Q79 tablet project — an experimental early stab at an iPad-like device.
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2017
British Columbia-based D-Wave said it will use the new money to advance microelectronics research and development around prototyping of advanced semiconductor technology for quantum technology and scalable high-performance quantum hardware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"We've spent the last four years developing, prototyping and testing technologies… We have a team of 30 people, and growing," says Rob Meyerson, co-founder and chief executive.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
QCi’s Arizona foundry, used for R&D and prototyping, has started generating early revenue, with plans for a second facility.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The office is a “creation hub,” she said, where influencers can record Puma’s design prototyping lab supported by libraries of materials and equipment used to create Puma apparel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Caitlin's husband has been very patient over the past six months as she worked days fixing the ailing machinery at the sanitarium and nights prototyping my designs.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow
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