as in turning (to)
to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage
when the sales representative refused to help us, we went to the store manager
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The key question for the AI era is whether cheaper legal memos, financial models, and consulting decks will similarly unlock dormant, unmet demand at scale—or whether most of that demand was already being served, and AI is simply doing the same work with fewer people.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Statistical Forecasting, the consulting firm that the city hires to model enrollment for school capital investment, projects that enrollment will drop another 11 percent in the next five years in the city’s traditional public schools.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Going (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/going%20%28to%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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