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homework

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as in schoolwork

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Recent Examples of homework My mom enrolled as a junior at Hollywood High School and took care of the house—cleaning, reheating frozen chicken pot pies, and making sure everyone did their homework. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Principled Technologies' WebXPRT 4 browser test uses HTML5, JavaScript, and WebAssembly workloads to simulate tasks ranging from photo enhancement and OCR scans to sales graphs and online homework. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 The final product is a rousing, brisk, and genuinely inspiring biopic that never feels like homework. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026 Fundamental advances that gave rise to today’s AI were brought about by people whose goal was to understand the human mind, not help you with your homework or travel itinerary. — Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homework

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Parents can start by asking what their teens enjoy doing online, which activities feel meaningful and whether certain habits are interfering with sleep, schoolwork or family time.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
Parents, educators and child development experts have been sounding alarms over children’s use of AI chatbots, which have been blamed for facilitating cheating on schoolwork and even suicide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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That circumspection is the result of some hard lessons from a century of booms and busts.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
After a brief safety lesson on navigating the course and its cables, participants can ride a zip line into the park, gliding 60 feet above the quarry floor at speeds exceeding 30 mph.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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Today, whether social media – and its impact on young attention spans – will have a lasting impact on who constitutes this narrow reading class long-term is as yet unclear.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026
The nonprofit helped raise reading scores at the school by 18% last year, so more than half of the students can read at or above grade level.

— Sharon Chin, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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