Cheney

American

[chey-nee, chee‑] / ˈtʃeɪ ni, ˈtʃi‑ /

noun

Richard Dick, born 1941, U.S. politician: secretary of defense 1989–93; vice president of the U.S. 2001–09.

Cheney British

/ ˈtʃeɪnɪ /

noun

Richard B ( ruce ), known as Dick. born 1941, US Republican politician; vice-president from 2001 to 2009

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This confession, first reported by Politico’s Kyle Cheney, was accompanied by a letter stating that “we regret deeply all violations” but insisting that they were “unintentional and immediately rectified once we learned of them.”

From Slate

As Kyle Cheney reported in Politico, at least 360 judges have spurned the government’s reasoning in more than 3,000 cases.

From Slate

Co-author and UVM computer scientist Nick Cheney sees strong parallels between this challenge and evolutionary dynamics.

From Science Daily

"AI systems have traditionally been built narrowly around solving one specific question," Cheney says.

From Science Daily

Cheney then became a leading conservative critic of the Obama administration.

From The Wall Street Journal

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