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OpenAI and Anthropic make money in part by selling access to their APIs, which customers use to embed their AI into custom projects and tools without having to build their own models from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Making a roux from scratch teaches you something.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Microsoft says it built the model "from scratch" with "no distillation" of rival models -- a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor's outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Taking part in a World Cup remained a dream, however, and she got to scratch that itch three years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
“We nabbed him in Regent’s Park. Not a scratch on him, the lucky devil.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing scratch
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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