new person
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Training a robot on the intricate timing of initiating interaction with a new person is an “enormously hard” problem, says Pope.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Playing devil’s advocate: He may be responding to a new person in his home who is being kind and helpful.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025
“Your general manager, you want to give him the freedom. You don’t want to lock up a new person that’s coming in,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
One told the BBC: "I hope to turn a new page. I hope my health will improve and I will transform into a new person."
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024
“I was a new person because I no longer had family to remind me of what I had been.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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