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flags

British  
/ flæɡz /

plural noun

  1. rare the long feathers on the leg of a hawk or falcon

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ZeroGPT, another popular detector, flags 96.4% of the Gettysburg Address as AI-written.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In doing so, the DOJ has asked the states to sign onto an agreement under which they agree to remove within 45 days any voters that the DOJ flags as ineligible.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Items included flags that were meant to have been draped on coffins, sports shirts intended to be a loved one's final outfit and wedding photographs.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

"They take cars fitted with speakerphones and they give them flags and they march with lots of noise and shout slogans in the streets," another resident in a Tehran suburb told AFP recently.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“Red flags, Lexie. They’re not always about other people.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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