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And because chatbots cobble together sentences from patterns found in human language, AI messages have their own problematic telltales—clichés and stilted sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Cancino has appealed his termination, arguing that other officers in his unit carried out more of the problematic stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s one of the reasons why tomato and lettuce prices have been so problematic so far in 2026,” Volpe said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The raid came a day after it announced it would be shutting down in August, citing financial reasons and what it called an "elusive 'red line'" over what material is considered problematic.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
At both the social and verbal levels, in short, an American nation remained a precarious and highly problematic project—at best a work in progress.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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