as in to seem
to come very close to being
that behavior touches on insanity
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But early every company in the field seems to have a different vision of how best to get there.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025 -
The ancestral Menominee community that built the agricultural system uncovered by this new research, however, seems to have been less populous and hierarchical than a place like Cahokia, showing that large-scale agriculture may have been a part of life in very different kinds of societies.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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The serving architecture resembles an orchestra more than a simple application.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Synthetic fentanyl is sold illegally as a powder dropped onto blotter paper, put in eyedroppers and nasal sprays or, perhaps most terrifyingly, as pills that resemble other prescription pills, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Hence, Greg Shove, Section AI’s CEO, suggests that boards take an hour every six months to do a really honest check-in: What is the unique value proposition your company currently offers the marketplace, and how good is AI at doing it?—
Kelly Huang,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The lack of bloody clashes in those cities after October 7th suggests that the Hamas attack didn’t inflame the same divisions, and might even have initially fostered solidarity across ethnic lines.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Touch (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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