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Verb
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Jack Antonoff isn’t holding back on his thoughts on music makers who use artificial intelligence.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026 -
Plus, Superjumbo has been holding back on things like listening parties and has turned down artists that wanted to do in-store performances because of the limited space, according to Mancuso.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Agentic web search is about pulling in relevant context, without noise that can clutter and distract from the key information in the workflow.—
Uri Knorovich,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Twenty four teams means more than double the number of games, and each of those games is pulling in an average of between 10 million and 20 million viewers.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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“Bottling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottling%20%28up%29. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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