as in bought
made beforehand in large numbers
she chose to have her computer designed to her specifications rather than buying an off-the-shelf machine
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There are a growing number of off-the-shelf costumes just for stoners, from this big bag of weed to this creepy pot leaf mask.
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Brooke Staggs, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Criminals can also use off-the-shelf generative AI tools that don't produce watermarks.
—Megan Morrone, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Simply adopting off-the-shelf gen AI tools will likely not be enough: after all, the competition can do the same.
—Rodney Zimmel, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
The projector/computer The business of determining where lights should go in real-time is, unsurprisingly, achieved using algorithms powered by off-the-shelf Nvidia server GPUs.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Brooke Staggs, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Criminals can also use off-the-shelf generative AI tools that don't produce watermarks.
—Megan Morrone, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Simply adopting off-the-shelf gen AI tools will likely not be enough: after all, the competition can do the same.
—Rodney Zimmel, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
The projector/computer The business of determining where lights should go in real-time is, unsurprisingly, achieved using algorithms powered by off-the-shelf Nvidia server GPUs.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Off-the-shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-shelf. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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