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Recent Examples of cog
This upgrade seems to be another cog in Amazon’s large-scale shopping AI aspirations.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Sanders should get the bulk of the looks from Young in the passing game, but when the offense goes to a two tight end look, Tremble will be a key cog as a blocker and receiver.
—Mike Kaye
august 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2025
But recent updates boost our confidence that the ambitious satellite internet initiative could soon be a new cog in the tech giant’s money-making machine.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
All season long, the bullpen has been a major flaw for the Phillies, and Alvarado was supposed to be a key cog preventing that from happening.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Sanders should get the bulk of the looks from Young in the passing game, but when the offense goes to a two tight end look, Tremble will be a key cog as a blocker and receiver.
—Mike Kaye
august 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2025
But recent updates boost our confidence that the ambitious satellite internet initiative could soon be a new cog in the tech giant’s money-making machine.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
All season long, the bullpen has been a major flaw for the Phillies, and Alvarado was supposed to be a key cog preventing that from happening.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
Noun
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More than 200 volunteer dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants, backed by the nonprofit TeamSmile organization and the Chiefs, provided free dental care Tuesday to 300 children from Kansas City-area schools.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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These failures occurred when the AI models confabulated successful operations and built subsequent actions on false premises, highlighting the risks of depending on AI assistants that can misinterpret file structures or fabricate data to hide their errors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In pursuing first the transport minister’s former subordinates and then the man himself, Putin was deploying a strategy that has also been seen elsewhere, including at the defense ministry.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Participants would complete a physical fitness test, have their body fat measured, undergo a psychological evaluation, receive leadership evaluations from former peers and subordinates, and complete verbal and written communication assessments.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Although the underlings complained about my methods, the cartel leaders, like Pedro and his boss, El Viejo, a key deputy of Pablo Escobar, were on my side.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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When his underlings spew hate about the Golden State on Fox News and social media?—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Rural farmers could receive payments, urban workers could send money home and millions joined the formal economy for the first time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Al Jazeera employees even reportedly work with the terrorist group to identify protesters.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP What To Know The Secret Service has launched an internal review into the screening failure on August 31, and the employee responsible for searching the guest's bag has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of that review, the agency said.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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And the Burlington superintendent and his flunkies on the school committee are hiding behind statements and consultants deflecting blame.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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The best sequences allow for some building of suspense, like the fate of Gautama’s flunky while closing the family shop at night, or an episode when Tika is chased by her possessed mother in their house.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
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Try Consulting Leverage your brain capital for consulting and contract retainer work.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Cog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cog. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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