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No matter how many partnerships the likes of Salesforce and ServiceNow sign with OpenAI and Anthropic, they can’t soothe shareholders’ fears that they are paving the way for their own replacements.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

"By developing candidate drugs that safely and specifically inhibit nuclear signaling through the retinoic acid pathway, we are paving the way for a novel therapeutic approach to cancer," said Kang.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

Vernal Pools are safe havens for creatures like the fairy shrimp, who have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangea, and multiple ice ages, but humans are paving them over.

From Scientific American • May 8, 2023

The Australia and Canada policies are paving the way for the U.S. and other democracies to level the playing field between news publishers and two tech giants, Google and Facebook parent Meta.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Sir William Parkyns and Sir John Friend, knights and gentlemen of good repute, with full purses and with empty heads, you are paving a golden road to the gallows.

From The King's Highway by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)