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Recent Examples of poach
Meta has previously poached groups of researchers that have experience working together for its new superintelligence lab, including a trio from OpenAI’s Switzerland office that joined the ChatGPT maker from Google.
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Kylie Robison, Wired News, 15 July 2025
Silicon Valley giants including Meta have lately poached A.I. talent from rivals and start-ups, sometimes offering compensation packages as high as $100 million.
—New York Times, 12 July 2025
In the last week alone, Meta has poached more than a dozen top AI researchers from peer companies, giving each one immediate cash bonuses worth up to $100 million in a frantic effort to keep up with the AI arms race after falling behind market leaders such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf after the company’s cofounders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen and other staff members were poached by Google DeepMind for $2.4 billion to improve Gemini’s coding abilities.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Kylie Robison, Wired News, 15 July 2025
Silicon Valley giants including Meta have lately poached A.I. talent from rivals and start-ups, sometimes offering compensation packages as high as $100 million.
—New York Times, 12 July 2025
In the last week alone, Meta has poached more than a dozen top AI researchers from peer companies, giving each one immediate cash bonuses worth up to $100 million in a frantic effort to keep up with the AI arms race after falling behind market leaders such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf after the company’s cofounders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen and other staff members were poached by Google DeepMind for $2.4 billion to improve Gemini’s coding abilities.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poach
Verb
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To make the dessert, ripe plantains are boiled, then mashed and combined with cinnamon and sugar and rolled into small balls.—
Maliah West,
AFAR Media,
23 July 2025
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Stir together boiling water and rolled oats in a small heatproof bowl; let stand until room temperature, about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to soften oats.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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Instead of cream, the recipe calls for simmering milk with herbs and garlic.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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According to the book by author Andrew Lownie, with an excerpt published in the Daily Mail, tensions between Prince Andrew, 65, and both of his nephews have simmered for years.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poach. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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