vector
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Distillation, a vector by which powerful AI spreads, has been a focus of U.S. attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Beyond fundamental importance, this discovery can enable novel planar device architectures and sensor types, such as vector magnetometry, via measuring the out-of-plane and in-plane anomalous Hall effect signals in the same device," Singh said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Because we focus so much on the kind of retroactive or reactionary human caseload, we miss the opportunity to control the vector and to understand more about the vector,” LaDeau said.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Within our service area, the five-year average for West Nile Virus-positive mosquito samples at this point in the season is approximately four,” said Caroline Gongora, public information coordinator for the vector control district.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
They suggested that in addition to the photon, there were three other spin-1 particles, known collectively as massive vector bosons, that carried the weak force.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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But that’s only because Lee, in his finest screenplay to date, has laid out precisely where his vectors of hardship, exploitation, pent-up anguish and hidden desire are going to converge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Dane Knecht, chief technology officer at internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare, said he was, external "seeing early attacks emerging and are updating mitigations as new vectors show up".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
These vectors amplify market dislocations as multiple participants simultaneously unwind positions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Searching for "secret information" that could help it cheat the evaluation, the OpenAI system "chained together multiple attack vectors, including using stolen credentials".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
This time, it took Jake less than five minutes to complete the complex series of equations and find his vectors.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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You can feel the vectored torque tugging at the wheel as it fights off understeer in a tight turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“If that is the case it will raise questions about how it is vectored between such geographically separated sites.”
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
Pentagon spokesman John Supple said the military has no reports of “aircraft being inappropriately vectored in the region mentioned” in the notice.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
“The results are plausible, and not very different to those seen with other AdV vectored products,” he said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2020
An F-47 aircraft on combat air patrol in the area was vectored in visually, spotted a light, and closed on it.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
The axles use open differentials and brake-based torque vectoring to articulate power left or right—an ability that could make the difference between getting to the ski resort or glumly waiting for a tow truck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
But “Death of an Author” is arguably the first halfway readable A.I. novel, an early glimpse at what is vectoring toward readers.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
He said that’s a much more advanced method of thrust vectoring than a previous method traditionally used on the North’s solid motor missiles.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Of the more than 3,500 mosquito species, only a few hundred are capable of vectoring disease.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
The reporters and photographers were asked to leave the radar room on the pretext that classified radio frequencies and procedures were being used in vectoring the interceptors.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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