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Recent Examples of scratch padNaive context-sharing patterns, global caches, aggressive compaction and broadcast scratch pads often make this worse, not better.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026 The intuition behind chatbot reasoning is to have AI models work out a solution step-by-step, using a scratch pad of sorts, and then evaluate steps along the way to change course or start over as needed—very much like the two-step approach used by AlphaGo.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026 Quick Notes, for example, is your new digital scratch pad for jotting down notes.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
30 Sep. 2025 Blue Jackets fans have had two choices over the past couple of weeks … twiddle their thumbs or get out a scratch pad and start doodling lines and pairs with an eye toward the start of the 2024-25 season.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
21 July 2024 The desktop scratch pad has a laundry list of ideas to try in the coming months in my continuing effort to examine sports from different perspectives.—
Michael Casagrande | [email protected],
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3 May 2023 Part scratching post, part toy, this round and standalone scratch pad features an insert for the cardboard scratchpads, which are easy to replace.—
Jessie Quinn,
Peoplemag,
14 Apr. 2023 To get to 90 percent utilization, IBM had to design the scratch pad with a huge read/write bandwidth, 192 gigabytes per second.—IEEE Spectrum,
2 July 2018
Touchscreen displays are standard for smartphones and tablets, but many computer manufacturers have started incorporating them into their laptop designs.
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BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 July 2026
Easy to use and highly portable X-ray devices that can produce digital images that can be scrutinized on a tablet or even a smartphone would be invaluable to rescue teams in remote areas or tight spaces.
The top-of-the-stack Nobu Villa—more than 10,000 square feet of rooftop garden, terrace, and showpiece entertaining space—is one of the city’s splashiest party pads, but the quiet win is how good the regular rooms feel for the rate.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 July 2026
Signs paws have already been burned include limping, refusing to walk, licking or chewing feet, darker or damaged pads and visible blisters or redness.
In the portrait, Rousteing holds Rabanne’s iconic chainmail in one hand, with silver metal mesh, as well as a pen and notebook on the table in front of him.
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Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
14 July 2026
Brand confirmed that the painting was part of Goudstikker’s collection with the help of a black notebook that was once owned by the collector and catalogued much of his holdings.