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the complete works of an author Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement

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a dead body international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity

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Recent Examples on the Web In its most elemental sense, what the neural network does is use a sequence of words to choose the next word to follow in the sequence, based on the likelihood of finding that particular word next in its training corpus. Jaideep Vaidya, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2023 It was meant for things like works of renewal, replacement, and augmentation of assets and was supposed to have a corpus of more than $12 billion to be built over a period of five years, with an annual outlay of $2.42 billion. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 6 June 2023 The message is loud and clear, but this novel is a minor-key addition to Boyle’s impressive literary corpus. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023 Every generation finds its values eerily anticipated in the corpus. Daniel Hannan, National Review, 13 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for corpus 

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“Corpus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpus. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.

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