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In addition, and perhaps this is surprising, the preoccupation can be about generative AI and LLMs.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025 -
The preoccupation yanked her away from family and impeded her work.—
Molly Young,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Some people prefer to take it with food to avoid an upset stomach, as well as to aid absorption of some of the nutrients.—
Jonathan Purtell,
Verywell Health,
19 Jan. 2025
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Not only has this transit method been used to discover thousands of worlds in NASA's exoplanet catalog, but when starlight shines through a transiting planet's atmosphere or even debris around it, the characteristic absorption of light by the elements can also leave a fingerprint.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a world where every social media pic is photo-tuned to the point of abstraction, of course there’s a facility that exists just for young people to manufacture false impressions of their own lives.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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The idea that two billionaires should be able to determine on their own the value of a person’s job and then proceed to fire that person in order to reduce the size of that abstraction called the bureaucracy is unnerving.—
Jeffery Vacante,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2025
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For me, starting my mornings with a good workout, meditation and time to journal my thoughts and think clearly primes me for the rest of the day.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Joyful or life-affirming activities (say, hobbies like painting or baking) or things that lift your spirits (such as exercise or meditation) might seem frivolous in the face of pressing caregiver responsibilities.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Absentmindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentmindedness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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