as in brooding (about or over)
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reasoning
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Lower effort settings prioritize faster responses and reduced token use, while higher settings allow the model to spend more time reasoning through difficult prompts.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026 -
Indeed, ERs are messy, real-world clinical environments where reasoning under pressure matters most.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Speculating (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculating%20%28about%29. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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