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Companies are building increasingly large data centers, some of which require hundreds of megawatts of electricity.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
They cost them strokes, require a unique swing to escape, and force players to clean up any mess they leave behind in the sand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Every company’s take on what superintelligence means is different, and Microsoft’s is on-brand: Superintelligence as a Microsoft enterprise product that works within the strict bounds its customers require.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
They say the town's water system - which serves 5,000 people - has had problems for decades, and the ICE facility would require much more than the fragile system could provide.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
To seriously consider the answers to these questions would require Penelope to do something called “going off on a tangent,” which is another way of saying “to stray from the subject at hand.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.