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[wahyd-spred] / ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd /


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Agents sifted through hundreds of thousands of records seized during Kao’s arrest and found that many were consistent with his account of widespread influence peddling.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

They could lead to limits on what agents can do and, if agent-caused harms become widespread, drain the pocketbooks of top AI labs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Previous Haitian investigations into the assassination have stalled due to widespread gang control and lawlessness in the country.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Ritwik Gupta, a computer science and AI professor at the University of Maryland, believes that pacing the frontier is contingent upon on widespread cooperation among labs.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

The domesticated chicken is the most widespread fowl ever.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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