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Recent Examples of generative
Analysts cited stronger smartphone competition in China and a lack of compelling Apple Intelligence and generative artificial intelligence applications to cause an iPhone upgrade cycle.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
At the start of what is likely to be a busy news year amid Trump’s return to the Oval Office, ABC News‘ unionized writers have secured new protections governing the use of generative AI in their workplace.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
The phones include an enhanced version of Google Gemini, upgrades to Circle-to-Search, new call transcript AI summaries, on-device generative photo editing, and more.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
SoFi is using generative AI in a way that could add significant value.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
At the start of what is likely to be a busy news year amid Trump’s return to the Oval Office, ABC News‘ unionized writers have secured new protections governing the use of generative AI in their workplace.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
The phones include an enhanced version of Google Gemini, upgrades to Circle-to-Search, new call transcript AI summaries, on-device generative photo editing, and more.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
SoFi is using generative AI in a way that could add significant value.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generative
Adjective
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Carver, a Black agricultural scientist and inventor, was extremely concerned with keeping soil and its nutrients rich and fertile.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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For Kentridge, attachment to a great idea can lead to entrapment, closing your mind to other, unthought-of fertile ideas.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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For decades in the United States, scientists and government officials have coexisted in a mostly peaceable and productive symbiosis.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Meaning his last two games combined were less productive than any single one of his previous 23 playoff games.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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From the fecund mind of the Coen brothers, this modern-day Western was hailed as a classic nearly from the moment of its independent release.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Dec. 2024
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Others omit her altogether, capturing the natural realm unblemished by human presence, a fecund environment dotted with snakes and birds and fungi.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2024
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The actress has recently had a fruitful run behind the camera — voicing the lead role in 2024 No. 1 box office champ Inside Out, producing Chelsea Peretti’s First Time Female Filmmaker and directing the Emmy-winning 2022 documentary Lucy and Desi.—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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Still, the Super Bowl is viewed as extremely fruitful ground commercially.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Yes, but: Kaye was the group's bass guitarist who went on to have the most prolific career of any member, yet was somehow left out.—
Troy Smith,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Yuki Aditya was part of the Tiger Competition’s jury, while prolific filmmaker Kamila Andini — behind Yuni, Before, Now & Then and Netflix tentpole series Cigarette Girl — brought her latest project, Four Seasons in Java, to IFFR’s Cinemart.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These prices tend to reflect the higher yielding asking price versus the lower yielding bid price.—
Barnet Sherman,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Net interest income for the quarter was $72.2 million, compared to $62.2 million in the previous year, driven by growth in higher yielding loans, primarily from CCBX.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
8 Nov. 2024
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This show is effectively an anthology drama, with each new edition following a different set of rich tourists and well-meaning service industry employees at high-end international resorts.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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In a slice of rich irony, OpenAI itself began to whine a couple of weeks ago when a Chinese rival, DeepSeek, garnered sudden attention.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Nile begins its journey in Uganda, offering stunning views and abundant wildlife along the way.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The full Dietary Guidelines for Americans on alcohol, which few Americans read, offer abundant cautions.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Generative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generative. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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