Example Sentences

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But executives from IBM, Microsoft and other companies say thinking of AI agents as analogous to human workers is hindering attempts to get full value from the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Investors worry AI-driven code generation is hindering GitLab’s growth, with its Duo Agent Platform not expected to boost revenue this year.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

This, in turn, is hindering the Bank of Japan, which is engaged in a massive program of quantitative easing — i.e., printing money — to make ends meet.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Minions from the “Despicable Me” movies and talking animals in countless other CGI movies bring people to theaters, but their financial triumph is hindering animation as an art form in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

The question is, then: whether, taking the present capacity of men for production, every man can have a house of his own? and what is hindering him from having it?

From The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz