frameworks

plural of framework
as in architectures
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details

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Recent Examples of frameworks Physicians have an important role in regulating AI with these frameworks to ensure patient safety and take responsibility. — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 This method is similar to other frameworks, like acceptance commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. — Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 The frameworks’ safety guardrails were bypassed by describing the operation as an authorized penetration test. — Taylor Morgan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 As safety frameworks take shape, tech giants are accelerating their battle over the AI agent market. — CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 If the current American government, within international legal frameworks, wishes to reach an agreement, fine. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The riotous 640-page doorstopper grapples with homophobia then and now, the lingering specter of colonialism, the tumult of the AIDS crisis, and frameworks of power that demand dominance or submission. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 Yet China itself has developed AI safety frameworks addressing autonomous agents and the risk of AI escaping human control. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026 In this telling, the column contends that the president’s rhetoric trivializes public anxiety about potential catastrophic risks and undermines efforts to build serious safety frameworks. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • The company says the chip can replace dozens of components in some system architectures.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Leaders must first allow commercial suppliers the flexibility to iterate toward the most scalable, high-yield architectures, mandating open interoperability protocols once the technology reaches industrial maturity.
    — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The main structures at the front (the spa, gym, studio, and reception) are made of natural stone with bougainvillea tumbling down their sides, set between shallow pools of water, echoing the floating effect of the resort above the mangroves.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Of that amount, $400 million is going toward measurement technologies, including cryo-electron tomography, which can reveal near-atomic structures inside cells, and microscopy systems intended to image millions to billions of cells in living tissue.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Frameworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frameworks. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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