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Recent Examples of undirected
The Nobel committee focused its remarks on the foundational aspects of artificial neural networks: the ability to feed unfathomably large and complex amounts of data into an algorithm that will then, more or less undirected, detect previously unseen and consequential patterns in those data.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Klein predicted that a few crows would learn the association between their undirected action and the reward, and start bringing coins of their own accord.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Online undirected robo-casting attracts thousands of unqualified candidates; and pits talent against each other in open-market bidding for the job.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
Blind rage: Uncontrolled, undirected, unstoppable.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
Unfortunately, standard low-diameter decomposition algorithms only work on undirected graphs — those in which every edge can be traversed in both directions.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
Scientists have long been able to reactivate old memories, but only in a crude and undirected way.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
Participants assigned to pray every day (either an undirected prayer or a prayer for a relationship partner) for 4 weeks drank about half as much alcohol at the conclusion of the study as control participants.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2011
The Costanza character parallels generations of undirected school students who have never had the opportunity to learn how to follow their passion toward a career goal.
—Janine Yass, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Klein predicted that a few crows would learn the association between their undirected action and the reward, and start bringing coins of their own accord.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Online undirected robo-casting attracts thousands of unqualified candidates; and pits talent against each other in open-market bidding for the job.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
Blind rage: Uncontrolled, undirected, unstoppable.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
Unfortunately, standard low-diameter decomposition algorithms only work on undirected graphs — those in which every edge can be traversed in both directions.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
Scientists have long been able to reactivate old memories, but only in a crude and undirected way.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
Participants assigned to pray every day (either an undirected prayer or a prayer for a relationship partner) for 4 weeks drank about half as much alcohol at the conclusion of the study as control participants.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2011
The Costanza character parallels generations of undirected school students who have never had the opportunity to learn how to follow their passion toward a career goal.
—Janine Yass, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undirected
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Tenants at the time included consulting and law firms, financial advisory and investment firms, as well as the usual mélange of random, oddball businesses.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
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So in addition to a random chance and bad infrastructure design causing this collision and human driver being at fault, in addition to all of that, the company then did not give all of the information to investigators after the crash.Michael Calore, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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Critical possessions no longer feel aimless, as the Suns are flowing into their offense with intention.Shane Young, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Without his six other members filling the space around him, and in the absence of a packed schedule keeping him hurdling full speed ahead, RM (born Kim Namjoon) is loose, unguarded, often introspective and occasionally gleefully aimless.Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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The entire ordeal was put together in a somewhat haphazard way that seemed consistent with her age and experience.Jessie Sage, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2024
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Nunez’s finishing here was like Nunez’s finishing everywhere: deeply, irredeemably haphazard.Jack Lang, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
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Marine biologists had thought that the pelvic bones were purposeless in the marine environment, and would eventually disappear given another million or so years of evolution.Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2014
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But here’s a question: How much longer can the country afford to lure so many of its promising talents into a life of purposeless paper-pushing and legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become?Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 10 May 2022
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Our new political landscape has led to an even greater focus on preventing unplanned pregnancy in the first place.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Most of those who went without care as a result were likely uninsured, according to Power to Decide, a nonprofit organization that works to end unplanned pregnancy.Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
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What’s meant to feel strange or unsettling often just feels random and unconsidered.Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2024
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Each space was personalized with different features, no aspect left unconsidered or half-baked.Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
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At 6:36 of the first period, Carolina Hurricanes forward Jasper Kotkaniemi went to the penalty box for four minutes after an inadvertent high stick caught Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson in the face.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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But there are risks: loss of your unique voice, inadvertent errors, and ethical pitfalls, all of which can negatively impact your credibility and relationships.Alexandra Samuel, Harvard Business Review, 9 Dec. 2024
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Richmond initially was charged with unpremeditated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.CBS News, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
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His determination to capture the naturalistic, unpremeditated aspects of his subjects made his work pulse with a startling sense of life.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022
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“Undirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undirected. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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