recursive
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As we watch his experiments, we first see and then feel their reactions in recursive proof of cause and effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 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
Ed Lewis’s discovery of master-regulatory genes that controlled the development of segments, organs, and structures solved the problem of the final stage of embryogenesis, but it raised a seemingly infinite recursive conundrum.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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