Example Sentences

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“Well, generally, the AI companies have distilled other AI companies’ models,” said Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

When it comes to building and maintaining high-stakes relationships, Smith and Niebur have distilled their process into five key elements they call SERVE, a recurring theme throughout the book.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

The two distinguished authors — Hirsch heads the Guggenheim Foundation, Leithauser teaches at Johns Hopkins, both are award-winning poets and MacArthur Fellows — have distilled years of thought into their respective books.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

The authoritarian scholars, familiar with both Mr. Xi’s agenda and Hong Kong law, have distilled those demands into elaborate legal arguments.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2020

Standing in the middle of the road, watching the dust cloud that trailed the fast disappearing motorcar, Mr. Maitland cut a figure sufficiently forlorn and disconsolate to have distilled pity from the least sympathetic heart.

From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph