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as in redesigning
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as in refurnishing
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A lot of companies are still trying to retrofit AI into existing workflows, while the genuine visionaries are redesigning entire workflows with AI as the foundation.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026 -
This modularity reflects an increasingly industry trend in flexible robot architecture, where components like hands, arms, or even mobility bases can be switched around for other applications without the need for redesigning an entire system.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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The company was remodeling the store and planned to open it in August 2026, according to city documents.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The company also announced intention to invest around $40 million in remodeling their stores and new buildings this year.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2026
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Instead, each dolphin develops their vocal signature on their own through vocal learning, the process of modifying sound patterns based on social experiences and interactions.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Or modifying a consumer drone into something that resembles a military-grade thermal scanner.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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For years, students, teachers and administrators have been working on transforming the riverfront into a living shoreline, with a mini forest of mangroves instead of a leaky, low-lying concrete seawall.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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For decades the capital had worked like a slowly exploding atom bomb, inhaling poor Filipinos from the provinces and spitting them into distant suburbs, transforming rural barangays into slums of concrete and zinc.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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With another icy day expected on Tuesday, many medical professionals are preparing to spend another night here at the hospital.—
Erin Jones,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Later clarification confirmed that the submarine is still preparing for submerged operations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Their songs have a way of leveling the playing field between tiny frustrations that make up a run-of-the-mill bad day and life-altering tragedies that render previous bad days unmemorable.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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The cooking process can reduce the amount of resistant starch and fiber in plantains, altering the balance between carbohydrates and fiber.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
30 Jan. 2026
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Canada’s defense commitment Canada has spent nearly a billion dollars fortifying its southern border.—
Paula Newton,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Shifting the team’s focus to 2027 Hayes’s attention will soon shift to fortifying her roster with the strongest candidates for World Cup qualifiers this year.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But his position and the Dolphins’ previous penchant for unnecessarily reworking all contracts might cause a quick pause on it this offseason.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The result of at least 2 years of R&D, prototyping, testing and reworking the idea from Band Industries founders Hassane Slaibi and Bassam Jalgha, the concept intrigued me.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Refitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refitting. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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