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download

[daun-lohd] / ˈdaʊnˌloʊd /


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The former Nvidia chief advocated for an ecosystem that includes so-called open models, which users can download and customize to varying degrees.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

So-called open AI models, which anyone can download and modify, are close behind closed models such as Claude or ChatGPT, which are available only through their owners' paid services.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

From airfares to computer game download prices, there are the first signs of stickier forms of price pressure and of higher inflation becoming more embedded, suggesting elevated price rises are not temporary.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

When we were on a group vacation, she got everyone to download the Splitwise app.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I download every Weaves song I can find.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

The app had 46 million downloads and more than 6.7 million daily active users in March 2026, the app’s team said on its fourth anniversary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

These giant, warehouse-like buildings power virtually all our internet activity, from our web searches and emails to movie downloads and online banking.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Younger audiophiles revived the medium from the dead starting in 2008 for many reasons, the simplest being that digital downloads don’t include eye-popping cover art.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Meta’s Muse app went viral, with more than five million downloads thus far, according to Sensor Tower data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I look around his room as my app downloads onto his phone, seeing the note I slipped under his door this morning sitting on top of his bed.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Chinese open-weight AI models, which can be downloaded free and partially modified, are also drawing the attention of European companies including Orange, Renault, Revolut and Siemens.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

DeepSeek, Alibaba’s Qwen and a growing field of Chinese labs are shipping powerful open models that are among the most downloaded in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Oakley said when the contents of his phone were downloaded, material was found in a secure folder titled "visits", which also had messaging apps he had used to contact other defendants.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He downloaded tide apps, readied himself with sandbags and felt prepared for this week’s return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

I try to read my downloaded version of The Waves, and when that isn’t any better, I think, It's the computer.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

"Interviewing through Indeed's platform happens entirely in a browser and never requires downloading a special app," the company recently posted online.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Hundreds of thousands responded by downloading the app; by Monday, MapQuest had climbed to No. 1 among navigation apps in Apple’s U.S.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Holographic, or handwritten, wills are legal in about half of the states in the U.S, including Texas, but it’s not worth writing a will on the cheap or downloading one from the internet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

The airline is going back to one mile per dollar spent at the coffee chain from its current setup where you get miles for downloading money to your Starbucks Rewards card.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“You know the password. Don’t go downloading anything suspicious.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson


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