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shaped

[sheypt] / ʃeɪpt /


ADJECTIVE
fashioned
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ADJECTIVE
modeled
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It also exposed the AI boom’s underbelly: the grubby sidedeals, financial anxieties, short tempers and personal vendettas that have shaped modern technology every bit as much as the march toward machine consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Three episodes on his path to the bench, what shaped him, and the philosophy about to define the most consequential court term in years.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

As polar regions continue warming and glaciers melt, the same basic pressures that shaped ancient human migration could once again influence where people are able to live.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

He later went on to work with children with learning difficulties, which shaped his education philosophy about prioritising individual differences.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

They are shaped into half-moons and toasted on top.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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