locus classicus

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Noun
  • Macron will also attend India’s AI summit Wednesday, as he and India’s leader promote shared regulatory frameworks as an alternative to the US- and China-led paradigm.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In this paradigm, the human demonstrates the task (by directly moving the robot’s arm or recording themselves performing an action) to teach it, for example, to serve water or organize a shelf.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • An independent inquiry found that, in this instance, Mandelson had done nothing wrong.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Navalnaya said her husband exhibited no instances of heart disease before he was imprisoned.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For example, Mermentau Cove previously used Mardi Gras funds to construct a pavilion for their graveyard and add flags to veterans' graves.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • For example, media scrutiny and social media attention around an executive’s relationship with Epstein could cost a Wall Street bank a lucrative role advising on an IPO or a mega merger.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For the 23rd edition, the 10 entries represented a sweeping cross section of categories and power trains that define today’s performance landscape.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Pretti’s killing, in particular, struck a chord of dismay with a cross section of Americans.
    Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But an analysis of fecal data from 18 wild gibbons and four museum specimens indicates the opposite, according to the paper.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Here, Sihang Zhang and Peiyun Cong found specimens of two myllokunmingid species, representing the earliest vertebrates.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Facilities require adequate time to design and install the groundwater monitoring system, collect eight independent samples, and conduct statistical analysis.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Yeah, just stick to the classics.
    Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Hamburger bun croutons are the perfect finishing touch for this hearty take on a cookout classic.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Early prototypes of the glasses connect via a cable to a standalone battery pack and an iPhone, but newer versions have the components embedded in the frame.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Backed by grants from the Space Studies Institute, later prototypes improved on the concept, showing that a mass driver only 520 feet (160 meters) long could boost material off the lunar surface.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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