sora

American  

[sawr-uh, sohr-uh] / ˈsɔr ə, ˈsoʊr ə /

noun

1. a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.

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sora British  

/ ˈsɔːrə /

noun

1. a North American rail, Porzana carolina, with a greyish-brown plumage and yellow bill

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Etymology

Origin of sora

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The ByteDance video-creation tool competes with OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo, which have also wowed users with their ability to create cinematic videos from text.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sora’s clips are limited to 25 seconds for Pro subscribers.

From The Wall Street Journal

But ChatGPT, through its image generation and its Sora video app, thinks it has a carrot.

From Slate

Easily accessible generative artificial intelligence tools, such as Google's Veo and OpenAI's Sora, enable the creation of realistic imagery using just a few descriptive words.

From Barron's

“Overall, they deliver a lot of benefits for those Pacific signatories, as well as for the United States,” Mihai Sora, director of the Pacific Islands program at the Lowy Institute think tank and a former Australian diplomat, said of the compacts.

From The Wall Street Journal