as in to interpret
to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)
He annotated the text at several places. annotate a list
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OpenAI says this version is specifically designed for more complex problems and reasoning—things like annotating genetic sequencing data or generating complex mathematical models.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Readers will find the text of the Treaty of Paris below, annotated with scholarship around the treaty, the war, and the conditions prior and post treaty.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 14 Nov. 2024
Readers can annotate ebooks in color (pink, yellow, blur, and orange), but stylus support would have made this super simple.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
The code labeler adds comments to the code, trying to annotate what is going on so that the AI can more deeply analyze the code.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Readers will find the text of the Treaty of Paris below, annotated with scholarship around the treaty, the war, and the conditions prior and post treaty.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 14 Nov. 2024
Readers can annotate ebooks in color (pink, yellow, blur, and orange), but stylus support would have made this super simple.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
The code labeler adds comments to the code, trying to annotate what is going on so that the AI can more deeply analyze the code.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment and has previously been interpreted by the Supreme Court to grant citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil regardless of the citizenship status of their parents.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Jan. 2025
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The guys on the bandstand are interpreting them horizontally, from left to right, one note at a time.—
Heather Augustyn,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The researchers aimed to analyze the physiological effects of carbonated water, as it has been found to induce satiety (feelings of fullness) and gastric motility (movement of food through the body), both of which could reduce hunger.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Besides analyzing for violations and complaints by owner and owner-type, the Herald also performed regression analysis to compute the likelihood of a complaint being sustained by different ownership types.—
Ben Wieder,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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With the world's richest man now joining President Trump at the White House, Elon Musk's biographer explains what drives the tech titan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Now, in a small hospital where soft sobs echoed off the sterile linoleum floors, Aaron Easton, the boy Sara married who grew up to be Marysville’s police chief, explained what happened: Sara had shot herself in the head.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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This example illustrates how AI can enhance productivity while allowing humans to focus on tasks that require creativity and expertise.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The table below, displaying centre-backs signed, illustrates that dominance over other leagues.—
Jacob Whitehead,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Zelenskyy did not clarify whether humanitarian aid had been paused.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The message, sent to workers across different agencies in a week of transition, surprised recipients, including some who mistook it for spam, leading some agencies to follow up to clarify with staffers.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Annotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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