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powerful

[pou-er-fuhl] / ˈpaʊ ər fəl /


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The work, carried out with collaborators at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics in Japan, Virginia Tech and other institutions, may help scientists identify the types of cosmic objects powerful enough to launch such particles.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Peter said that although this was "very difficult" for the family, it was "no doubt powerful evidence" for the jury to hear his daughter's voice.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The move to restrict CAISI’s activity is the latest example of how powerful models such as Mythos have thrown the administration’s hands-off AI strategy into disarray.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Anthropic also said it had identified large-scale attempts to extract its technology to train competing AI models in authoritarian countries, and these type of queries will also fall back to the less powerful model.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

He wanted a room, and the innkeeper, on recognizing him, said, "Of course. I'd give you a room if I had to take it away from the most powerful duke in Spain."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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