In the hothouse _________ of social media, you are filled with envy when you scroll through photos of exotic _________ and gleaming houses, but you reassure yourself that only _________ people want these things — your humble home is all that you really want.

The newly appointed professor found it hard to _________ the students who were _________ and _________ to the topics discussed during lectures.

Some philosophers have used a _________ of bees as a transparent metaphor for modern _________. In the hive, they argue, each bee works for its own personal gain, every profession has its own vulnerabilities; and everyone _________ the passions of others.

Tech companies are spending billions to build data centres that power AI systems for growth and security. But data centres consume huge amounts of electricity, which has raised the cost of electricity for those living near the data centres. Some tech giants are now saying they wi…

A useful definition for anger can be found in Aristotle, which is also the starting point for an established Western _________ of reflection. Here, anger is a response to _________ damage to something or someone one cares about, and a damage that the angry person believes to have…

Writing has long been a primary tool for thinking._________. The articulation of thought, a foundational human skill, risks atrophy due to the deployment of AI. ‘Help’ from AI is a gentle, persistent pressure removing idiosyncrasies and pushing writers towards a standardised, mid…

Even as technology threatens to alter medicine _________, doctors work with the conviction that they are _________ in matters of prognosis and treatment. History, however, shows that those most invested in their own _________ are rarely the best judges of their own irreplaceabili…

Till recently, weight-loss drugs have been an elite privilege, creating a class system among those battling obesity and diabetes and setting new aspirational benchmarks for a healthy life. Manufacturers have now lowered their prices to tap into a booming health-conscious market i…

The _________ of the uneducated masses can be described as a _________ faith that believes in fake Godmen based on instinct or emotion rather than on any _________ premise.