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In June, Figure AI, a humanoid-robotics startup, released a sixty-minute video of its prototype humanoid nimbly sorting variously sized parcels, the kind of work that’s easy for humans but challenging for machines.
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
It’s been variously associated with phone addiction, disinformation, and zombie-like hyper-superficiality.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2025
In 1993, Crumb and I collaborated on a book variously known as Kafka for Beginners, Introducing Kafka, or just plain Kafka, which has since been translated into about 20 languages.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
In this sense, American politics may come to resemble Ukraine’s in the 1990s and early 2000s, which oscillated between democracy and competitive authoritarianism as pro-European or pro-Russian forces variously controlled the executive branch.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
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With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.—
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Other areas will use cluster planting, with trees grouped irregularly and open space between them, mimicking the look of a healthy forest.—
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This is a condition where the heart’s upper chamber beats irregularly and fast.—
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On Heated Rivalry, Shane and Ilya’s romantic arc builds sporadically over the course of more than eight years.—
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Barcelona’s main threat is right-winger Lamine Yamal, who has the ability to beat two opponents single-handedly, so Jules Kounde tends to play more of a supporting role, sometimes holding his position and tucking into a back three, and pushing forward sporadically.—
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While exfoliation remains part of Japanese skin care, it’s approached far more gently and infrequently than in many Western routines.—
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Piper Sandler’s Laperriere said Trump used such types of force infrequently during his first term and held off on bombing Iran.—
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Kaden and Keira, though, seldom were teammates.—
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We are told that only about 40% of the housing units are now occupied and seldom does a week or so go by without some housing calamity taking place.—
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Tracy leads a tailgate team at Beck’s games On game days, Tracy is rarely cheering alone.—
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Inside the Speedster, drivers will find elements rarely seen in EVs, including a stick-style shifter.—
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“Variously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variously. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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