shape
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The effort is led by Santosh Janardhan, Meta’s head of infrastructure, to whom Brown will report, and Daniel Gross, who joined Meta last year to help shape its computing strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Andy Burnham is a product of this Greater Manchester and spent his decade as its first mayor trying to shape it.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
A good plan uses that shape on purpose.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Now that they’re done with the Times’ “101 Best California Experiences,” what what will shape their next trips?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The hazy shape floated in the air and came to rest between Kate and Charles.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Piccioli's first couture collection for Balenciaga certainly didn't disappoint, with the former Valentino man honouring founder Cristóbal's signature styles and shapes.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
We must shape AI before it shapes us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
It grabs onto the pasta beautifully, especially shapes like cavatappi, fusilli or shells, while still leaving room for olive oil, citrus, herbs and whatever vegetables happen to be in season.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
He considered different shapes for the container -- like a square or even a star -- but thought it best to avoid having seams and joints, so a stainless steel cylinder won the day.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
And all the time the yellow-white mist floated about them, and sometimes shapes flitted just within their sight, and voices whispered.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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Our response to other people’s stories is shaped by our own experiences.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Attribution science seeks to untangle how much human-caused climate change shaped a specific heat wave, storm or flood, and its findings now shape litigation and policy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Jonathan Trott is someone to keep an eye on because he is shaped and moulded in the form of Andy Flower, both as a player and in the way that he's coached," said Finn.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Sports broadcasts have always been shaped by how many cameras could be put inside a venue, and this may be where the most obvious advances are occurring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Later, he became enamored of Japanese interlocking puzzles and dimensional wooden puzzles shaped in the form of an automobile or an animal.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Inside the secretive lab shaping America’s retail landscape: At a Florida lab few have ever seen, a team of researchers is trying to stave off a purported epidemic of shoplifting.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
“The circumstances are different between the two states,” said David Farmer, a Maine-based Democratic strategist, “but it’s certainly shaping up to be a strange midterm election with enormous stakes for the country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
And despite what those masked men might believe, every one of us has a role in shaping its next chapter.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
It has suffocated his capacity to do what he loves – be out in front of the cameras all the time, shaping and often leading the national debate.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The 1934 regatta was once again shaping up to be a clash of eastern privilege and prestige on the one hand and western sincerity and brawn on the other.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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