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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
Phil Garrigan told BBC Breakfast that the dry weather increased the risk of uncontrollable fires and said: "There's no real respite... There doesn't seem to be any rain forecast and that becomes problematic".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Can't they more easily and safely deal with problematic situations?
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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