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True open-source models allow full access to training data and code, while open-weight models typically share only the numerical parameters, or “weights,” that underlie them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In sum, a hard math problem in the 19th century propelled the conceptual breakthroughs that underlie all the location services on our phones today.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
"A similar mechanism could underlie individual differences in responses to other rewarding stimuli," says author and neuroscientist Josep Marco-Pallarés of the University of Barcelona.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
Talk to some folks in your family whom you trust to make sure you’re not overstepping any unspoken boundaries that underlie family relationships.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
They concluded: The “motivation to disclose our internal thoughts and knowledge to others may serve to sustain the behaviors that underlie the extreme sociality of our species.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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But five days after that, the DOJ notified the court in the Texas case that “the government has decided to maintain the definition” that underlies the ghost gun rule.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
"And that motive likely underlies this launch as well," he added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
"These results reveal that a shared genetic programme conserved throughout evolution underlies the specialisation of macrophages across tissues," adds Domien Vanneste, first author of the scientific article.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
“It shows a profound, practical morality that underlies her work,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
A hypothesis is a tentative explanation, a proposed answer to the question that underlies your research.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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In postproduction, Del Toro sometimes underlay Elordi’s screams with his own guttural noises or the roars of lions and gorillas, imagining a voice created by mismatched lungs and a throat from different people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
It is more breathable but is often installed where a highly-resistant underlay like bitumen felt is already present, stopping vapour from escaping.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024
California created an orchard for the world in large part by tapping into prehistoric aquifers that underlay the Central Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
The turf was intended to function as an underlay for a plastic liner atop it as part of a construction project.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
The music of the pearl was triumphant in Kino’s head, and the quiet melody of the family underlay it, and they wove themselves into the soft padding of sandaled feet in the dust.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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A fundamental tension has always underlain the history of the Civil Rights movement, much as it did contemporaneous news coverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
The slope is steep and underlain by weak, heavily fractured bedrock, making it prone to failure.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
The drill site in northwest Greenland was 138 miles from the coast and underlain by 4,560 feet of ice.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
The region is underlain by quartz veins, rich in ore.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
The Fens on the eastern side of the county are underlain by Oxford clay, which here and there projects through the prevailing newer deposit of silt and loam.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Higher prices for food, gold, chips and AI-related products likely lifted both consumer and producer prices in August, though underlying consumer inflation remains weak, Nomura economists said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Generative AI relies on underlying patterns from existing data to predict and produce new outputs, rather than just copying or sorting existing information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Our goal is to identify patients with Takotsubo syndrome earlier and more reliably in the future, while also gaining a better understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
“We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do,” Warsh said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
L’Hôpital’s rule was extremely important for resolving some of the difficulties with 0/0, but the underlying problem remained.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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