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Recent Examples of adversarial Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, which power AI image generators, were just invented that year, and their outputs were small, blurry, and usually black-and-white. Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025 As the usage of artificial intelligence — benign and adversarial — increases at breakneck speed, more cases of potentially harmful responses are being uncovered. Neha Hegde, CNBC, 22 June 2025 Several board members said Rhodes maintains an adversarial relationship with district administrators who face audits and fails to provide them with adequate training. Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025 Both camps have essential roles to play, and these roles seem complementary rather than adversarial. Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for adversarial
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Adjective
  • Forced to work in a more hostile environment than.when it was first established in 2019, the mission faces limited options for evacuations due to the ongoing suspension of international commercial flights, and mobility, because of gangs’ ongoing gang encirclement of Port-au-Prince.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
  • From retail shops to corner bodegas and independent grocery stores, the past few years have not only forced small business owners to confront staggering economic challenges, but also a needlessly hostile regulatory environment brought on by out-of-touch policymakers.
    Tosha Miller, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • That projection is based on the tariffs raising $2.6 trillion overall, while being offset by $418 billion in negative impacts.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • More urgently, defunding and censoring science could have dramatically negative consequences for all Americans.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025

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“Adversarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversarial. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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