as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
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As this imagery of toxicity, filth and corruption suggests, Lane had an almost adversarial attitude towards the gut; a myopic suspicion of the digestive system that came to govern his approach to treating patients and which would eventually lead to professional disgrace.
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Attack vectors can include vulnerabilities in smart contracts, consensus algorithms or even the AI models themselves, such as adversarial attacks where malicious data is fed into an AI agent to manipulate its behavior.
—Michele Zanello, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
Their relationship has been more adversarial of late, with 50 Cent being a constant commentator as more and more news came out about the Making The Band actor’s harmful treatment of women.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 1 Aug. 2024
Engaging these stakeholders early in the innovation process also helps create a unified rather than adversarial environment between the internal regulatory team and other groups.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Attack vectors can include vulnerabilities in smart contracts, consensus algorithms or even the AI models themselves, such as adversarial attacks where malicious data is fed into an AI agent to manipulate its behavior.
—Michele Zanello, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
Their relationship has been more adversarial of late, with 50 Cent being a constant commentator as more and more news came out about the Making The Band actor’s harmful treatment of women.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 1 Aug. 2024
Engaging these stakeholders early in the innovation process also helps create a unified rather than adversarial environment between the internal regulatory team and other groups.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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