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And all of this while CEOs and their boards are trying to figure out the answers to the questions around investing in AI and other technologies—for example, the who, what, where, how, why and how much.
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Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
While dozens of officers stood in the hallway trying to figure out what to do, students inside the classroom called 911 on cellphones, begging for help, and desperate parents who had gathered outside the building pleaded with officers to go in.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
There was a long stretch this season when the Yankees couldn't figure out their infield, and that stemmed from the lack of a true third baseman, combined with ex-Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu's contract.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
But when a series of asteroids hits every major city in the world, including D.C., Will is forced to use his super-secret spy tech to both get his son and daughter to safety and figure out what a league of attacking alien tripods want with the human race — all in the same keystrokes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
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Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
While dozens of officers stood in the hallway trying to figure out what to do, students inside the classroom called 911 on cellphones, begging for help, and desperate parents who had gathered outside the building pleaded with officers to go in.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
There was a long stretch this season when the Yankees couldn't figure out their infield, and that stemmed from the lack of a true third baseman, combined with ex-Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu's contract.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
But when a series of asteroids hits every major city in the world, including D.C., Will is forced to use his super-secret spy tech to both get his son and daughter to safety and figure out what a league of attacking alien tripods want with the human race — all in the same keystrokes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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