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eidolon

noun

ī-ˈdō-lən

Definition of eidolon

as in model

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man

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These were followed by black- and silver-dial models retaining the dual-color bezel.

— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026
Shortly after, Claude developer Anthropic said its AI models hacked into the systems of three organizations independently during a private security experiment.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

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Those ideas say some people are superior to others, and the inequality that exists in the world around us reflects those innate differences, and inequality is a good thing, and a necessary thing, and the only real way to organize social life.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Instead of gathering a group to generate ideas aloud, where the first strong opinion tends to anchor everyone else's thinking, brainwriting has each person privately jot down ideas before the group reconvenes to build on them.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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That’s made the industry one of the most visible examples of how China’s breakneck AI transformation is impacting people’s livelihoods — wiping out jobs and creating new ones, leaving everyone unsure what’s next.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
As an example of the ceiling and command issues at odds with each other so far, Schoolcraft struck out a career-high nine batters in 3⅔ innings in a loss on May 29 and walked as many as six in four innings of a no-decision on July 31.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

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