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“Today, that number’s 60/40. I think we’ll end the year closer to 50/50,” she says, noting that OpenAI currently has 1 million enterprise customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
They were pictured chatting among other world leaders, and one snap appeared to show Putin talking directly into his opposite number's ear.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
“That’s the name of the game to step up when your number’s called,” cornerback Kristian Fulton said after Thursday’s game of Williamson and Dicaprio Bootle, who also was elevated from the practice squad.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
That number’s based on a policy for a hypothetical 30-year-old with $30,000 in personal property coverage, $100,000 in liability coverage and a $500 deductible, but coverage rates vary widely by state and policy choices.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
But as zero came into the fold, the neat relationship between a number’s cardinality and its ordinality was ruined.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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