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desexes

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present tense third-person singular of desex

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to remove the sex organs of desex the baby chickens destined for market

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Joshi and other doctors are calling for additional training to help surgeons understand how AI alters facial images, its anatomical limitations and its potential psychological effects on patients.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
But each translation error sends a correction signal backward through the network that slightly alters the weights that produced it.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

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