pandora's box

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Recent Examples of pandora's box The procedural vote yesterday was our effort to advance President Trump's important legislative agenda while disabling a discharge petition that would force proxy voting and open a dangerous Pandora's box for the institution. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025 Opening the Pandora's box will come at a heavy cost for the U.S. government and its allies. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 Advances in technology have opened an exciting possibility or perhaps stirred a Pandora's box. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users — which attracted little notice this week amid a slew of product announcements — opens a whole new Pandora's box in an AI world already full of them. Ina Fried, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024 Both Cancer and Sagittarius possess a rich inner world similar to Pandora's box, each containing a wealth of complexities and unique attributes waiting to be explored. Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024 There is also the possibility that the AI worries that humans will open Pandora's box. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023 The police have had bomb disposal robots forever, but the Pandora's box of weaponizing them was originally opened by the Dallas Police Department. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022 Blonde was a philosophical Pandora's box. Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 19 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pandora's box
Noun
  • Many trials are designed specifically for people at the beginning of their treatment journey.
    Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Cash Out, born John Gibson, was found guilty on Friday in his Atlanta trial.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Four years later, an America-first cultural crackdown has freed the Met to cast off the hair shirt of reckoning and celebrate its diverse holdings in a spirit of defiance.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Gastrointestinal Distress One of the most common side effects of high-dose vitamin C is gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort.
    Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 18 July 2025
  • While the fire ant posed only a slight public health risk (mainly involving discomfort), a giant DDT spraying program was undertaken that killed other wildlife in the area and posed a threat to human health.
    Lida Maxwell July 18, Literary Hub, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Dine-in customers nationwide had the option to enjoy endless boneless wings and fries for $19.99, and the deal allowed use of brand's 26 sauces and dry rubs.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 July 2025
  • For her retirement, Faith is hoping for belly rubs, doggy treats and that sweet sweet state pension.
    The Tennessean, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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“Pandora's box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandora%27s%20box. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.

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