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Recent Examples of platonic
The platonic ideal is to have AI models developed by domestic researchers, on domestic hardware, capturing domestic values, thereby ensuring the technology’s control by the government and independence of external interference.
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Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 June 2026
The two initially formed a platonic friendship before beginning a romantic relationship in 2016.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
And the influence that both romantic and platonic relationships have over a person’s lifespan raises concerns about the current declines in social health.
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Jessica Dulong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Apps and platforms built for platonic connection Dating apps have dominated the digital social landscape for a decade, but a quieter category has emerged in the form of apps built specifically for friendship.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 June 2026
The two initially formed a platonic friendship before beginning a romantic relationship in 2016.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
And the influence that both romantic and platonic relationships have over a person’s lifespan raises concerns about the current declines in social health.
—
Jessica Dulong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Apps and platforms built for platonic connection Dating apps have dominated the digital social landscape for a decade, but a quieter category has emerged in the form of apps built specifically for friendship.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platonic
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The potential for prefab to capture a large share of the fire recovery and speed its progress is still only hypothetical.
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More than 30 years ago, researchers discovered that hypothetical computers based on the laws of quantum physics would be able to rapidly solve difficult math problems.
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When people see that scams can be built around them specifically, security habits stop feeling theoretical and start feeling necessary.
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After machine learning identified promising candidates, researchers verified them through theoretical calculations before synthesizing and experimentally confirming the materials.
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Investigators don’t believe that the driver was intoxicated, but distracted driving has not been ruled out as a potential cause of the accident, according to police.
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Paules said Nova Cottage has one ADU project underway in Altadena and has identified potential sites to construct its first village.
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The jurors mostly determine the truth except when there is no truth, as with the nonexistent hot-dog contest or gift competition.
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Violent crime is virtually nonexistent in Monaco, a city state located on the Mediterranean Sea, home to roughly 40,000 people and known as a playground for the wealthy.
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
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The idea behind the lunch- and afternoon tea–only restaurant is to waste as little as possible.
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The first two questions are too hypothetical and conjectural.
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Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.
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As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
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Arc On Ear is designed to combine precision headphone correction with advanced physical modeling to recreate how real studio monitors behave in an ideal acoustic space.
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The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers.
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To scroll the internet during the Swift-Kelce nuptials was to see a barrage of people lamenting the city’s electricity bill, misspent taxpayer dollars, and the alleged tackiness of a private, sure, but very much not secret affair.
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“Platonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platonic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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