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the incessant step-by-step advance of the enemy's troops could no longer be resisted
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That’s when Jack discovers the tin full of custom drugs that were left in their room by the demented chemistry major who used to live there (the reliably hilarious Sarah Sherman, appearing in a step-by-step YouTube tutorial about surviving the pills her character invented).
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
Check out the step-by-step in her TikTok below.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Mar. 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
Martha’s father, a law professor, had trained her to be a rational, step-by-step arguer.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
Check out the step-by-step in her TikTok below.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Mar. 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
Martha’s father, a law professor, had trained her to be a rational, step-by-step arguer.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Step-by-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/step-by-step. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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