as in execution
the doing of an action
the implementation of the idea turned out to be harder than its conception
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Both implementations required estate approval under new California legislation governing AI recreations of performers, often called deepfakes.
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Benj Edwards, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
This led them to pull forward ocean imports in a rush to bring in the goods ahead of the tariffs’ implementation in September that year, and further escalation in early 2019.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
Other states are considering similar reforms, but their implementation would be less straightforward.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Still, conventional computing logic suggests that the desktop implementation would draw more speed out of it with more powerful cooling and more space for more substantial cooling hardware.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Benj Edwards, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
This led them to pull forward ocean imports in a rush to bring in the goods ahead of the tariffs’ implementation in September that year, and further escalation in early 2019.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
Other states are considering similar reforms, but their implementation would be less straightforward.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Still, conventional computing logic suggests that the desktop implementation would draw more speed out of it with more powerful cooling and more space for more substantial cooling hardware.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Implementation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implementation. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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