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Courts have established a standard referred to as objective reasonableness when considering whether a use of force was justified, relying heavily on the perspective of the specific officer in that specific scenario.—
Claudia Lauer,
Fortune,
26 Nov. 2025 -
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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The molecule was shown to form nanoscale p/n heterojunctions through self-assembly, highlighting the feasibility of molecular designs that autonomously organize into functional electronic structures, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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In October, the port released a Request for Proposals to evaluate the feasibility of a new Pier 500 marine container terminal that would increase the port’s capacity while staying on track with climate goals, Seroka said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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In June 2023, OpenAI’s Sam Altman dismissed the possibility that a small team with $10 million could build a competitive large language model.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The growing awareness that, even in mild COVID cases, the possibility exists for longer-term, often undetected organ damage also warrants more examination, researchers say.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Gerken argues that economic viability determines whether circular construction can scale.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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The actions of Israel and other countries in recent years, however, have more broadly raised questions over the viability of international law and institutions’ ability to hold those accused to account.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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The film is set in 2029, a mere three years from now, demonstrating both an optimism about the potentiality of AI and a pessimism about the city’s trajectory.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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Chopra teaches that intention in the field of pure potentiality has infinite organizing power.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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But ChatGPT and its ilk are also being used to give fraudulent or shoddy work a new veneer of plausibility, according to Mandy Hill, the managing director of academic publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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The findings also demonstrated the high sensitivity of modern testing methods and the plausibility of accidental exposure.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Reasonability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonability. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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