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Meaning of Cupertino | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌkuːpəɹˈtiːnoʊ

Definitions

  1. A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
  2. An incorrect spellchecking suggestion due to the Cupertino effect.
  3. Apple Inc.

Equivalents

Examples

“A major difference between Apple and other companies in bringing AI to the masses is that Cupertino is more open to partnerships—such as the one it has with OpenAI. The idea is that Apple will combine its own machine learning models with generative AI technologies from partners to power features within Apple Intelligence.”
“Sure enough, there are dozens of Cupertinos to be found in online documents from the UN, EU, NATO, and other international organizations.”
“Cupertinos can also be a serious business. Consider the case in 2012 of a school in the state of Georgia which was evacuated after a text message reading ‘gunman be at west hall today’ was reported to police.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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