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In the 1950s, her father, Dave Sime, was widely believed to have been the fastest man in the world, per Newsweek.
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Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Maduro is widely believed to have lost the 2024 presidential election to rival Edmundo González, a candidate substituting Machado, yet still claimed victory.
—David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
The chimp had demonstrated both tool use and toolmaking, behaviors widely believed exclusive to humans.
—Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Grok is also widely believed to lag behind Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT models in terms of capabilities and number of users.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
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Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Maduro is widely believed to have lost the 2024 presidential election to rival Edmundo González, a candidate substituting Machado, yet still claimed victory.
—David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
The chimp had demonstrated both tool use and toolmaking, behaviors widely believed exclusive to humans.
—Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Grok is also widely believed to lag behind Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT models in terms of capabilities and number of users.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Widely believed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widely%20believed. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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