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Noun
The savings from externalizing costs—for example, keeping farmers poor, letting soils deplete, clearing forests—are now lower than the benefits of internalizing value—for example, training farmers, restoring ecosystems, paying a living income.—
Santiago Gowland,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2026 Before the next round, the metro should get a break — and that clearing could help make Thursday one of the hottest days of the week.—Kansas City Star,
9 July 2026
Verb
His approach from the rough was one pace from clearing a pot bunker, instead bouncing back into the sand.—ABC News,
13 July 2026 Spectrum launched for the first time in March 2025, from Europe's Andøya Spaceport in Norway, but the rocket began to tumble shortly after clearing the tower and fell back to Earth in a fiery explosion.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearing
This story is based on dozens of interviews with Jean, her friends and colleagues, law enforcement officials, psychologists, academics and experts in the field of romance scams, as well as a review of more than 10,000 messages.
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Juliet Linderman,
Fortune,
16 July 2026
Great game day eats can sometimes outshine what happens on the field.
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 July 2026
Argentina and England didn’t record a shot in the opening 30 minutes, the first time both sides had been held shotless for so long to start a match since the first World Cup to be broadcast live in 1966.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 July 2026
The Digest The Cincinnati Art Museum is opening its first Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room, bringing one of the artist’s immersive installations to the institution for the first time.
The tea leaves are placed in bubbling jacuzzis four times over, ridding them of any impurities, albeit minimal given that the farm is organic and so large that there is no pesticide drift from neighboring farms.
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Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2026
These expert- and editor-approved kits make ridding yourself of unwanted hair a breeze.
By purchasing the Staycation Parks Pass for $25, however, park goers can enter with their own vehicles without paying for each individual visit.
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Anne Ewbank,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2026
Broward Health and Memorial Health have accused Florida Blue of not paying them enough for care, while the health insurer is accusing them of wanting too much money.
Nearby, groups descended on a shopping center on 32nd Street, emptying trash cans and tossing merchandise from the Pavilions grocery store into the parking lot.
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Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Placing a catch plate under the feeder and emptying it regularly solves that problem.
The Tigers passed on adding Go, who has spent time in the minors with the Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres and Tigers since 2024, freeing him up to join the Twins.
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Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
6 July 2026
The flywheel does not need to be replaced every 3-5 years and can be installed outdoors, freeing up more space and cash for compute.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
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