problematic
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Soon afterwards, Have A Nice Stay said it would close at the end of August, citing economic difficulties and unpredictable "red lines" over what material was considered problematic.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Cheng’s research found that, in more than half of the situations that the community deemed problematic, the AI models didn’t determine that the user had done anything wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ohl criticised this view of masculinity as problematic, warning it normalised an idea of "the biological male who is potentially more violent and aggressive".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But Wittgenstein’s texts are puzzling, problematic, and unfinished.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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