bugs
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bugs
Example Sentences
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Anthropic said this week its new AI model Mythos was so good at finding and exploiting software bugs that the company has no plans to release it to the general public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The spiders benefit humans by acting as natural pest control, eating mosquitoes, biting flies and invasive stink bugs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
They don’t have any natural predators and have a big web that is able to capture a diverse range of prey, including beetles, wasps and stink bugs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Anthropic is taking steps to arm some of the world’s biggest technology companies with tools to find and patch bugs in their hardware and software.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
“I’m vexed. There are enough mosquitoes and other bugs for me to live comfortably but not enough for webbing for our expedition.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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