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Farquhar

American

[fahr-kwer, -kwahr, -ker] / ˈfɑr kwər, -kwɑr, -kər /

noun

George, 1678–1707, English playwright, born in Ireland.

Farquhar British

/ -kə, ˈfɑːkwə /

noun

George. 1678–1707, Irish-born dramatist; author of comedies such as The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)

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Creative director Angus Farquhar said the well was a powerful but neglected part of Glasgow's story.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Then, Farquhar asked the second LLM to calculate how similar in meaning those responses were.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024

LLMs are designed to generate plausible-sounding text, not factual information per se, explains Sebastian Farquhar, a computer scientist at the University of Oxford and a co-author on the new study.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024

Emma and Bruce Farquhar from Inverurie were on holiday with their teenage daughters at the resort of Lardos.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023

Mrs. Farquhar glanced at him in half-amused impatience, but his manner swiftly changed.

From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold

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