How to Use open-source in a Sentence

open-source

adjective
  • DeepSeek did the right thing by being open-source.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Open-weight and open-source models are exempt for now.
    — Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • This includes the use of open-source models.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Recipes for the fast-food staple have spread online like open-source code.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
  • What’s more, all of this data will be open-source—available to the world.
    — Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Su seemed to suggest that banning open-source was not the answer.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • The model is open-source and has already been fine-tuned for other tasks.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Our client work shows a surge discussions about open-weight and open-source options.
    — Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • The model borrows from tech culture’s open-source ethos.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The open-source ecosystem has made this practical.
    — Calvin Yadav, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • And, in some cases, his hope was to create open-source tools for others to mess around with.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Almost every open-source Python project is dealing with this at some scale.
    — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers plan to open-source this tool so that others can expand and improve on the work.
    — Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This view is built on standardized telemetry from diverse open-source sources.
    — Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • DeepSeek has said the fourth version of its open-source model is coming in two weeks.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 29 June 2026
  • There'll be tons of open-source AI that many other nations will build on, too.
    — Axios, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The ships were visible on open-source tracking websites.
    — April 16, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The paper also draws comparisons with the rise of open-source software decades ago.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Meta has so far been firmly in the open-source camp, though not without difficulties.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 9 May 2023
  • Pretty much the whole film was made in the software called Blender, which is a free, open-source software.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The software involved is open-source, meaning it can be freely copied or adapted by others.
    — Joe Wertz, Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The open-source project relies on public reports and data from other sources.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The service is open-source, with its code publicly available on GitHub.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Signal is an open-source service that allows users to send instant messages as well as voice and video calls.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Since the platform is open-source, anyone can review its code for transparency.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Its goal is for open-source AI to match closed-source performance within five years.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The concern isn’t limited to open-source AI.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The model gets the headlines, the scrutiny, the open-source audits.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • Licensors would have to watch all the uses of their open-source code, which is impractical.
    — Frederik Hvilshøj, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • Nvidia has already invested tens of billions of dollars in its own open-source models.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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