How to Use emergent in a Sentence
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The law is the law, and this outlaw of the emergent video age must serve a short jail term for his offense.
— Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022 -
The sixth episode of the season is a detour into the life of emergent fan-favorite Willie Jack.
— Kali Simmons, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2021 -
If their heart is not pumping, then start emergent CPR.
— Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The city also lacked a war room to triage emergent cases—a gap that soon proved glaring.
— Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 23 June 2021 -
To be a browser was arguably the defining pastime of the emergent middle class.
— Suzannah Showler, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023 -
The only way to beat the invasive seed bank would be to use a pre-emergent herbicide.
— Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2022 -
Tensions arose as Lewis’s dazzling playing and emergent showmanship pushed him to the top of the bill.
— Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022 -
As an example, think about an emergent threat in space.
— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022 -
Another emergent theme is the ready-to-drink can that doubles as a mixer.
— New York Times, 21 July 2021 -
And with Russia once again an emergent enemy, the CIA has scrambled to catch up.
— Robert Baer, Time, 21 May 2022 -
There is much more to be said on this question of the emergent values of the next cohort of academics, of course, and much that remains unclear.
— Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022 -
On the side of emergent intelligence, a few points are worth making.
— New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 -
Yet accounting for emergent space is only half the job.
— Adam Becker, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022 -
And given the potency of the Bears’ and Cyclones’ ground games, the emergent Ford looks like a potential stretch-run X-factor.
— Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Oct. 2021 -
This product contains a pre-emergent herbicide that lasts for up to six months.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2022 -
There is no post-emergent control that is safe for St. Augustine.
— Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2022 -
The gaps between young and old on emergent cultural issues today are no larger than gaps in the past.
— Bobby Duffy, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021 -
As the new year takes shape, celebrities are fast-establishing the emergent style codes and silhouettes of 2023.
— André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2023 -
Around the same time, Ray was alert to emergent trends in post-minimalist performance art.
— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022 -
The initial emergent nature of her mother’s condition subsides, but the need for care does not.
— Anna Altman, The New Republic, 26 July 2022 -
Pre-emergent weed controls only stop new weeds growing from seed.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2022 -
This is the biggest emergent social movement in all of history.
— Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Maybe space and time are emergent from some more abstract phenomenon.
— Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023 -
String theory is not the only idea that suggests spacetime is emergent.
— Adam Becker, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022 -
This is pre-emergent weed control combined with a light amount of fertilizer.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Apply pre-emergent now to keep these weed seeds from germinating.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Mucho Poncho Like a blanket to go, the poncho returns for resort, offering all the comforts of home for a re-emergent world.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, 20 July 2021 -
About 10% of non-emergent, pre-scheduled procedures at the hospital were delayed this week.
— Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022 -
These skills will allow students to thrive in workplaces fueled by emergent and advanced technologies.
— Elise Awwad, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 -
While swim jigs work better in emergent vegetation like water willow.
— Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
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Taylor said a pre-emergent isn’t an option in public lands, but that spot treating stands will help keep it in check.
— Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2020 -
This suggests that some emergent properties might also be used to reduce bias.
— Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023 -
In the spring, apply the pre-emergents for crabgrass, grassburs and other summer grassy annuals about two weeks prior to the average date of your last killing freeze for your part of the state, with a follow-up treatment 90 days later.
— Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 6 Sep. 2019 -
Wozniak’s hot drink test is one perspective in the kaleidoscopic discussion over the concept of AGI and emergent behaviors.
— Reece Rogers, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Apply a pre-emergent, like Preen, around the bushes to keep down the weeds until mulch is reapplied in late May. Hot temperatures will require a regular watering program and Kentucky rain is never enough.
— Janet Miller, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2018 -
At Factory Made, an emergent reading series named after Andy Warhol’s star-making studio, theatrics and personae count as much as poetry and prose.
— Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023 -
His criticisms managed to say what everyone has been thinking throughout 2023 about this emergent technology.
— Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Then, in 2021, an emergent technology ushered Wood — and thousands of recording professionals like him — into an unexpected boom time.
— Bob Mehr, New York Times, 21 June 2023 -
This emergent technosphere, as Duke University professor emeritus Peter Haff calls it, can be considered an outgrowth of the biosphere.
— Jan Zalasiewicz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2016 -
Researchers looked at data including more than 1 million patients who underwent one out of 25 possible common elective or emergent surgeries.
— Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 30 Aug. 2023 -
Heiple noted that her experience siting energy projects, translating complex regulatory requirements, and keeping track of emergent industry trends, will serve her well in her new role.
— Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Realistically, experts like Jacobson see such hybrid models as the most practical application for wind power on ships, with wind ideally supporting emergent, clean-energy battery- and hydrogen-based technologies.
— Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Artificial intelligence is now the superior technology, emergent technology, in achieving these objectives.
— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 July 2023 -
Taylor said a pre-emergent isn’t an option in public lands, but that spot treating stands will help keep it in check.
— Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2020 -
This suggests that some emergent properties might also be used to reduce bias.
— Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023 -
In the spring, apply the pre-emergents for crabgrass, grassburs and other summer grassy annuals about two weeks prior to the average date of your last killing freeze for your part of the state, with a follow-up treatment 90 days later.
— Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 6 Sep. 2019 -
Wozniak’s hot drink test is one perspective in the kaleidoscopic discussion over the concept of AGI and emergent behaviors.
— Reece Rogers, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Apply a pre-emergent, like Preen, around the bushes to keep down the weeds until mulch is reapplied in late May. Hot temperatures will require a regular watering program and Kentucky rain is never enough.
— Janet Miller, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2018 -
At Factory Made, an emergent reading series named after Andy Warhol’s star-making studio, theatrics and personae count as much as poetry and prose.
— Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023 -
His criticisms managed to say what everyone has been thinking throughout 2023 about this emergent technology.
— Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Then, in 2021, an emergent technology ushered Wood — and thousands of recording professionals like him — into an unexpected boom time.
— Bob Mehr, New York Times, 21 June 2023 -
This emergent technosphere, as Duke University professor emeritus Peter Haff calls it, can be considered an outgrowth of the biosphere.
— Jan Zalasiewicz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2016 -
Researchers looked at data including more than 1 million patients who underwent one out of 25 possible common elective or emergent surgeries.
— Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 30 Aug. 2023 -
Heiple noted that her experience siting energy projects, translating complex regulatory requirements, and keeping track of emergent industry trends, will serve her well in her new role.
— Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Realistically, experts like Jacobson see such hybrid models as the most practical application for wind power on ships, with wind ideally supporting emergent, clean-energy battery- and hydrogen-based technologies.
— Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Artificial intelligence is now the superior technology, emergent technology, in achieving these objectives.
— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 July 2023
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