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The word problem comes from a Greek word meaning what?

problem

[prob-luhm] / ˈprɒb ləm /




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"One thing that makes the problem very tragic, but also very well suited for AI, is that we have the cure for this problem," Obermeyer said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

He is not the first government veteran nor is Burnham the first PM, to try to sort out this problem.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Seawater itself is a problem because the salt can corrode metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Part of the problem is that the U.S. military has operated some of its Middle Eastern bases for decades, confident that its adversaries were unable — or unwilling — to mount serious attacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

You apply the problem to the place you implement it—the trapeze bar that lets you feel the way the physics equations work.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

For Obermeyer, an emergency physician whose research combines artificial intelligence, medicine, and health policy, sudden cardiac death remains one of medicine's most frustrating unsolved problems.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Amy Bach, co-founder of United Policyholders, a San Francisco-based insurance advocacy group, said that it is clear there are serious problems with the current system for handling catastrophic events Kim is trying to fix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

As communication problems proliferated, controllers appeared to be halting traffic in their respective airports and airspaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

One, a cat called Tsuki, had even been immortalised in the song Lucy as a confidante who listens to her problems but "never judges".

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

If only the phone were the worst of my problems.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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