Vermeer
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Michael Vermeer, a physical scientist at Rand Corporation, said that we have not yet figured out how to align models to human values, yet we are “deploying them as highly capable agents.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
She has a print of a Vermeer on her wall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
“There’s another side that’s disappointed with what seems like pragmatism,” Vermeer said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024
Iowa-based Vermeer, a 4,000-employee maker of industrial and farm machinery, opened a plant there two decades ago—and Andringa, the company’s president and CEO, frequently visited what many considered the world’s premier fast-growing, future-oriented economy.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023
“More news on the Vermeer painting. We’ll all have to pray that the FBI knows what they’re doing.”
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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