recursive
Example Sentences
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Systems that require suppressing feedback or distorting reality have to fight their own optimization to stay aligned, and that fight gets worse with every generation of recursive self-improvement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
In this lyrical memoir, Toews explores her writing career with storytelling that is at once propulsive and recursive, using her work as evidence of both her success and her inability to escape her past.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we’ve heard a lot of recursive testimony over the past week, and I think it’s safe to say we’ve all learned a lot about A.I.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2023
Other recursive phrases include music associated with Virginia that Clarissa overhears from a church choir.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022
The peculiar charm of this idea—called preformation—was that it was infinitely recursive.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
