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seizing

[see-zing] / ˈsi zɪŋ /








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Screen adaptations are a big trend in video games at the moment, but they're not the only thing seizing the industry.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Hungry for material on which to train their models, AI companies are seizing on corporate liquidations to buy up dying companies’ data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Angela Gonzales-Torres, 31, is seizing on Gomez’s issues in the race to represent California’s 34th Congressional District, a Latino-majority territory spanning Koreatown, Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Glassell Park and adjacent neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"What the regime wants is to intimidate, silence and frighten society through such pressure -- by arresting individual journalists, seizing media outlets, banning news coverage and blocking access to social media," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Otto scampered here and there, seizing the fallen coils and cramming them into his mouth.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer


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