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Used to introduce or report information, a rule, or a statement from an external source, such as a text, sign, or an authority.

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Rising agentic AI adoption could widen demand across the server market, while strong AI chip demand is supportive of foundries with leading-edge capacity, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Italy prepares crackdown" it says as cost of living and housing anger spreads to "Lisbon, Albania and Serbia".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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the text reads
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I imagine
my gut tells me
in my opinion
just a guess but
I believe