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referencing

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present participle of reference

as in documenting

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That means documenting rationale, reviewing important patterns against real user behavior and giving teams a clear path to propose changes when the evidence changes.

— Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Paul, meanwhile, was in a period of uncharacteristic autobiographical directness in his lyric-writing, documenting his grievances with his actor girlfriend Jane Asher while residing in her family’s London home.

— Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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The speed was only real in feel, not in fact, because the effort simply relocated from writing code to reviewing, reconciling and validating what the machine produced.

— Tim Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Much of that work involves collecting, annotating, and validating the data used to train machines to operate in the physical world.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

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One of the bills, introduced by Stefani, expands the ability of certified nurse-midwives to provide care for pregnant and postpartum patients by specifying that supervision by a physician is not required when providing certain services.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
In addition to specifying what an agent is allowed to access, organizations need to be equally explicit about what the agent is expected to accomplish, where autonomous decision-making is appropriate and when human approval is required.

— Sumit Dhawan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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Both Fields’ lawyer and his agent are now on record corroborating the initial report that drew TCU’s ire.

— Mac Engel September 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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Chinese media also reported that participating forces were stationed underground during the exercise to protect them from drone attacks, illustrating how persistent aerial surveillance and strike drones are changing battlefield operations.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Crowley won the primary by a half percentage point — roughly 3,800 votes — illustrating Democrats’ soul-searching in the Upper Midwestern swing state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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