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There was a look of perplexity on his face.
He stared at her in perplexity.
We will never solve all of the perplexities of life.
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The performances, too, are more likenesses than full characterizations, which, admittedly, is wholly in keeping with the perplexities being dramatized.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
And that perplexity surrounding coverage may get more complicated.
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The team’s 13-billion-parameter model achieved a perplexity score of around 9 on one dataset, versus 5 for a LLaMA model with 13 billion parameters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2024
Excitement and perplexity have long since stiffened into certainty.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
And that perplexity surrounding coverage may get more complicated.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
The team’s 13-billion-parameter model achieved a perplexity score of around 9 on one dataset, versus 5 for a LLaMA model with 13 billion parameters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2024
Excitement and perplexity have long since stiffened into certainty.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
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“Perplexity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perplexity. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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perplexity
noun
per·plex·i·ty
pər-ˈplek-sət-ē 
plural perplexities
1
: the state of being perplexed : bewilderment
2
: something that perplexes
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