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as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
man-made diamonds that were really just glass
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as in artificial
produced by humans rather than natural processes
the houses in the new development are built around a man-made lake
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Recent Examples of man-made
Beyond these iconic waters, the U.S. boasts a myriad of other lakes—natural and man-made, named and unnamed.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
The Snow Zone at Kentucky Kingdom includes Blizzard Bluff a 175-foot-long, eight-lane snow tubing hill featuring real (man-made) snow.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2024
Landsat, the longest-running satellite program dedicated to Earth observation, helps monitor environmental changes, urban growth, drought, wildfires, biomass changes and a host of other natural and man-made trends on a global scale.
—Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The large-scale entry of laboratory grown diamonds over the past three years has caused a collapse in prices for all gems, natural or man-made, especially at the cheaper end of the market.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
The Snow Zone at Kentucky Kingdom includes Blizzard Bluff a 175-foot-long, eight-lane snow tubing hill featuring real (man-made) snow.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2024
Landsat, the longest-running satellite program dedicated to Earth observation, helps monitor environmental changes, urban growth, drought, wildfires, biomass changes and a host of other natural and man-made trends on a global scale.
—Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The large-scale entry of laboratory grown diamonds over the past three years has caused a collapse in prices for all gems, natural or man-made, especially at the cheaper end of the market.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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In addition to this, according to the Ethical Consumer, the washing of these synthetic materials releases microplastics into the ocean.Presley Bo Tyler, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Employees should be taught to be on their guard and identify tell-tale signs of synthetic video, just as detecting and evading phishing attacks is now a standard practice.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Keep scrolling to check out these artificial Christmas trees that will arrive at your door in just a few days — prices start at $18.Toni Sutton, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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However, there’s one thing artificial trees lack that real trees have in abundance: fragrance.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The look featured a cropped black faux fur coat with white details along the cuffs, collar and pockets.Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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This Pillow Cover With a Metallic Design Made from faux leather, this pillow cover creates an abstract and modern look in every room.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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The researchers got a simulated robot arm to do unsafe things like knocking items off a table or throwing them by describing actions in ways that the LLM did not recognize as harmful and reject.Will Knight, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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These networks were trained with both simulated and real-world data, taken in 22 rooms of varied sizes and sound-absorbing qualitieswith different combinations of human subjects.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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The 10 electors have not been charged criminally related to the fake documents.Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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And even worse than that, fake books that are literally empty inside.Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Man-made.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/man-made. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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