productive
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These changes are productive guardrails, not punitive restrictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Urban and suburban landscapes provide ideal conditions, allowing Hierodula mantises to use structures such as insect hotels as productive hunting sites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Every writer, teacher and researcher who ever put words on a page has contributed, without compensation or consent, to the substrate upon which AI’s productive capacity was built.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
President Xi Jinping has promoted AI and robotics as part of China's drive to develop "new quality productive forces" - that will create jobs and boost economic growth.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists developed hybrid strains of wheat, rice, maize, and other crops that were vastly more productive than traditional varieties.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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