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Recent Examples of nontechnical
My nonprofit, Humane Intelligence, builds red teaming exercises with nontechnical experts, governments, and civil society organizations to test AI for discrimination and bias.
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Rumman Chowdhury, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
This makes test automation accessible to nontechnical team members, encouraging broader participation in the QA process and reducing dependency on specialized testers or developers.
—Asad Khan, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Igoe had been teaching courses to nontechnical students using the BASIC Stamp but was impressed by Arduino’s features.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2011
Collaboration between technical and nontechnical teams ensures AI solutions align with business needs.
—Abhishek Shivanna, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rumman Chowdhury, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
This makes test automation accessible to nontechnical team members, encouraging broader participation in the QA process and reducing dependency on specialized testers or developers.
—Asad Khan, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Igoe had been teaching courses to nontechnical students using the BASIC Stamp but was impressed by Arduino’s features.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2011
Collaboration between technical and nontechnical teams ensures AI solutions align with business needs.
—Abhishek Shivanna, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for nontechnical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nontechnical
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Since the Chiefs took total control of the division in 2016, the Chargers have employed four head coaches and two general managers, not including interims.Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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To accommodate the changes, the general government budget will be reduced, meaning there would be no overall budget increase.Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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Its findings thus far, though, have been oddly untechnical.Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
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There is something in him that deeply resonates with us, something completely untechnical, unstylized, and unformalized.Michael LaPointe, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022
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Trump recently threatened nonspecific tariffs against the European Union if the trade bloc didn’t step up U.S. oil and gas imports.DeArbea Walker, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Each country offered nonspecific proposals devoid of the numerical targets that are usually present in G–20 action plans, and each tended to focus on domestic policies.Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2017
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This is a generalized topic that undoubtedly was pattern-matched during the initial data training of the AI.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Natalia suffers from situational and generalized anxiety, ADHD and PTSD.Danielle Bacher, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Chris Pratt stars as an ordinary LEGO guy who finds himself on an extraordinary journey in a film that’s really about the power of the imagination, distilling the creative joy of playing with LEGOs into a captivating story.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Many civilians – ordinary people who weren’t fighting in the war – died, and whole cities were destroyed.Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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Once a court rules that the use of a word or phrase has become so widespread its meaning is generic, trademarks associated with it become invalid.Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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Retail drugs that have no generic equivalent and have been on the market for at least seven years can be eligible for negotiation.Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Nontechnical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nontechnical. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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