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This is very classy and straightforward and rather dull and defanged.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Within a few years, the Kremlin had dismantled or defanged them all.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
But more recently, Republicans have signaled plans to defang the agency, and Trump has named authors of Project 2025 — which calls for eliminating the CFPB — to influential posts.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Last year’s argument that regulation of generative AI should rest with Congress and, perhaps, the Federal Trade Commission and other watchdog agencies has all but disappeared with the election of President Donald J. Trump and his reliance on tech billionaire Elon Musk to defang federal regulators.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Within a few years, the Kremlin had dismantled or defanged them all.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
But more recently, Republicans have signaled plans to defang the agency, and Trump has named authors of Project 2025 — which calls for eliminating the CFPB — to influential posts.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Last year’s argument that regulation of generative AI should rest with Congress and, perhaps, the Federal Trade Commission and other watchdog agencies has all but disappeared with the election of President Donald J. Trump and his reliance on tech billionaire Elon Musk to defang federal regulators.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Defang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defang. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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