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In December, Chaplin received a $50,000 state brownfields clean-up grant to pay for an environmental study to get the property back in use.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
When not in use, its solar panels fold and retract, which helps make storage and transport more practical.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
While top-loading machines don't have as many problems with moldy door seals, letting the drum dry when the machine is not in use is still a good idea.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, platforms must be versatile enough to coexist with hundreds or thousands of upstream and downstream systems already in use.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
When not in use, its solar panels fold and retract, which helps make storage and transport more practical.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
While top-loading machines don't have as many problems with moldy door seals, letting the drum dry when the machine is not in use is still a good idea.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, platforms must be versatile enough to coexist with hundreds or thousands of upstream and downstream systems already in use.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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“In use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20use. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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