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Recent Examples of terminology
Maryland’s new guidelines, released in October, call for unified terminology between districts to discourage miscommunication between the school system and the relevant public.
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Marissa Yelenik, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
About 70% of big businesses that have AI training focus on teaching concepts and terminology, according to Mercer’s data.
—Catherine McGrath, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Here’s a terminology detail: an AI accelerator can be a physical chip, like a GPU or an ASIC.
—John Werner, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The military in Russia was trying to teach military terminology to the North Korean soldiers, South Korean lawmakers briefed by the country's spy agency said on Tuesday.
—Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Marissa Yelenik, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
About 70% of big businesses that have AI training focus on teaching concepts and terminology, according to Mercer’s data.
—Catherine McGrath, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Here’s a terminology detail: an AI accelerator can be a physical chip, like a GPU or an ASIC.
—John Werner, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The military in Russia was trying to teach military terminology to the North Korean soldiers, South Korean lawmakers briefed by the country's spy agency said on Tuesday.
—Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Exposure to a broad vocabulary enhances language skills.Harrison Monarth, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Of the many topics Everett covers—which include space, number, and object categorization—the most fascinating is probably sensory vocabulary.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jones and Brody learned Hungarian and worked with a dialect coach for the movie.Carole Horst, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Turns out, dat good ole dialect is a put-on: James speaks like a professor.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Use neutral, factual language to ensure the message remains honest and unbiased.Tina Gada, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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From juggling after-school activities to trying to keep up with your teen's latest slang, raising children comes with its own set of stressors.Libby Ryan, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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Millennial slang was born out of early blogging platforms, text message shorthand and an of-its-time sense of humor, millennial slang has dominated conversations.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Technical jargon of any type can feel overwhelming and make even the most intelligent person feel out of touch.Steve Gickling, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Making these oversized elephants dance will take way more than slashing budgets and slapping agile jargon on the all-hands PowerPoint presentations.Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Out of the box, human language is ambiguous and nuanced with idioms, sarcasm or cultural references, challenging LLMs to interpret correctly.Son Nguyen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety.Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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