sandbox
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Utah launched the project through a special regulatory sandbox to test promising new technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Throughout his career, Soderbergh has sought out new technology and filmmaking techniques to play around with, lending his work an exciting sandbox quality where anything goes.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
Nearby, two children erected a towering pyramid in their brand-new sandbox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
He's previously described the fatigue of managing vast open-world sandbox games like Red Dead Redemption and GTA as playing a role in his departure.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
“Maybe he buried the squirrel books in the sandbox or something.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
As part of the proposal, the European Union would change its landmark AI Act, allowing more developers to make use of regulatory sandboxes, controlled environments where companies can test products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
It just means that you get an opportunity to play in sandboxes that you may not have otherwise.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
In his report on the incident, Moir and his co-authors wrote: “Greater awareness by public health and safety officials at beaches, sandboxes, sandpiles, and natural play areas may prevent potentially lethal accidents.”
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2024
She recalled how she and other parents frantically changed the sand in children’s sandboxes, and drove hundreds of kilometers to buy milk from dairy farmers whose cows fed on hay harvested before the contaminated rains.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Scattered over it were jungle gyms and tall swings, sandboxes, slides and a baseball diamond.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
