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reinforcement

[ree-in-fawrs-muhnt, -fohrs-] / ˌri ɪnˈfɔrs mənt, -ˈfoʊrs- /


NOUN
military aid
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Like rats in a Skinner box being conditioned to get food or stop pain, AI models hill-climb in a process similar to reinforcement learning, tweaking their parameters based on feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

This selective reinforcement produces a current that is concentrated into a particular direction rather than spreading evenly through the material.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

“Customers are looking for AI infrastructure that is optimized for a wide range of workloads, from training and inference to data preparation, search, and reinforcement learning,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a release.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Most of the birds have come from other zoos and private collections in the UK and Europe and have been highly trained through positive reinforcement to fly in shows.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Although we need reinforcement, the recruits give us almost more trouble than they are worth.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Firefighter reinforcements from all of Belgium and from Germany have been called in.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

"We got reinforcements from the armed forces and the Special Task Force commandos to restore order and send the inmates back to their cells," Medawatte told reporters outside the prison.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

France has mobilised its military to help with the response and extra reinforcements from the army have been sent to help firefighters by clearing brush and creating fire breaks.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

He said France had activated the European Union's civil protection mechanism and will receive reinforcements, including two Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“Since we got back to the ship,” Piper said, “I’ve been seeing some bad stuff in the knife. The Roman legion is almost within striking distance of Camp Half-Blood. They’re gathering reinforcements: spirits, eagles, wolves.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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