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title: "Scaling Laws for Grid-Based Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search in High Dimensions — Stuff That Spins"
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# Scaling Laws for Grid-Based Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search in High Dimensions

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**Published:** July 3, 2026  
**Original:** https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01283  

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