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technology

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as in innovation The new technology allowed for faster communication.

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Recent Examples of technology The big challenge for humanoid robots is still getting the technology to work well, according to industry leaders speaking at the World Robot Conference in Beijing this week. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 Advisors can use technology to automate routine work, reinforce discipline and enhance consistency while devoting more time to relationships, decision making and portfolio construction. — Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 So, with the best plans in place — whether that’s strategic in terms of capping, or the technology itself — brokers find ways. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The losses for media companies sit in the high tens of billions of dollars, a number that will climb as technology advances. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for technology

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Still, experts cautioned that the artificial intelligence boom might generate investment and wealth without producing the broad hiring associated with previous waves of technological innovation.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
By the 1960s innovations in silk screen printing, a process of image transfer that has its origins in historic block printing from China and Japan, made slogan-spreading all the easier.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Booking through this system is the only mechanism that guarantees a transit date for vessels.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The Athletic has previously detailed the mechanisms of the new rules in some depth but, to refresh, SCR is a financial rule first introduced by UEFA in June 2022, and first operated in the 2023-24 season.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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Cellphones – the kind used to actually talk to people rather than text and post to social media – weren’t mandatory personal equipment yet, though various personalities involved at the time had them.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
And then there are other equipment ideas that aren’t as far along, inspired by Coke’s desire to branch out into dirty soda, refreshers and coffee.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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Philadelphia School District officials told CBS News Philadelphia that schools are responsible for determining how students' devices will be secured during the school day.

— Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
In 2013, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said that the US could sell food, medicine, and medical devices to Iran.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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Decades of foundational chemistry and physics research throughout the 20th century led to inventions such as the MRI and the World Wide Web.

— Brendon Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Dated over 2,000 years ago, these manuscripts shatter claims that Jewish connection to the land is a modern invention, offering a factual foundation for peace and reconciliation.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of invention

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Tubes from hospital equipment were still attached to his face, gunshot wounds on his right side were still gaping, and tattoos which included a gun and a bullet casing were still embedded in his skin, a permanent memorial to the tools of his demise.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Their choices were tools that understand their work and keep them in control.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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