to cause an event to happen (usually a negative connotation); bring about; bring rise to; provoke; trigger
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“The way [Philip Glass’s] music often seems to accompany some unheard melody, as well as its tendency to precipitate a state of blissful distraction…allowed him to write both his most avant-garde and his most commercial works.” —Matthew Aucoin
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PG Holmlov
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A superintelligent AI doesn’t necessarily have the power to achieve its goals… it’s hard to kill everyone with a new virus… nuclear stockpiles are down, still enough to take out half of us… most likely risk is that we take ourselves out. AI might precipitate this https://singularityhub.com/2026/09/25/how-would-ai-actually-kill-all-humans-here-are-the-top-5-scenarios/
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Gay McMillen
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I hope the incoming Senators are prepared to block any supreme court appointments that Alito's resignation would precipitate during Trump's final 2 years. McConnell gave you the blueprint on how to block a Supreme Court appointment during President Obama's final 2 years.
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