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bearings

noun

plural of bearing

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the way or manner in which one conducts oneself always retained his military bearing, even after he entered politics

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Recent Examples of bearings It is widely used for navigation since the north-south lines have constant true bearings relative to the equator. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Instead of rigid steel, track sections over the bridge’s expansion joints rest on 43-foot-long steel platforms supported by flexing seismic bearings. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 How those three weeks go, though, will be important for the progress of USC’s young players, who need to find their bearings fast in order for USC to fulfill its potential. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 That dust grinds at the wheel bearings and works past the seals. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 Evidence of silence quietly (sorry) breaking apart one’s bearings bleeds through both the main plot thread and satellite storylines, which include recurring visits to a client of Ninh’s and that man’s own conflicts with his distant wife. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026 Aerospace needed more capacity in forgings, castings, transparencies, bearings, fasteners and other specialized products. — Alex Krutz, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The pivot runs on ball bearings assembled to a spec that allows no vertical or horizontal blade play. — New Atlas, 23 July 2026 Argentina seemed to be getting its bearings in the first half of the game. — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 20 July 2026

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Anthropic has conducted studies on its models’ undesirable behaviors, such as disempowerment and sycophancy.

— Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Participants can first develop behaviors in simulation, working on areas such as motion generation, reward functions, and control policies before transferring them to a physical robot.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

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An agent with read-only access is a search engine with better manners.

— Antony P Gregory, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Even as the identity of the South evolves, and more young people lose certain traits that are identifiably southern, manners remain one of the region’s most distinctive and steadfast qualities.

— Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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