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Noun
During tests involving activities such as chopping food and clearing workspaces, DYNA-2 could recover without human intervention, while the earlier model required manual recovery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Aug. 2026 Mass clearings claim the most trees Like past assessments, the survey found the overwhelming majority of Atlanta’s intact canopy — 72% — is on land zoned for single-family residential homes.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
10 Aug. 2026
Verb
Pourrain, 34, was traveling with his team to Los Angeles for the United Premier Soccer League semifinals when he was flagged after clearing TSA, questioned and arrested by ICE agents.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2026 In addition to clearing the deal, culture secretary Nandy has ditched plans to bring forward secondary legislation enabling Ofcom to examine how the Paramount-WBD deal would impact streaming services.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearing
The candidates have been clashing over the personal history of DeBarros, who served 19 years in prison for a shooting in Waterbury at the age of 18 in 1996 before he was later pardoned by the state’s board of pardons and paroles.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2026
Biden gave him a presidential pardon after congressional Republicans threatened him with criminal charges over his handling of COVID-19.
Binface, a serial candidate who has challenged prime ministers past and present, became the default challenger in a field of 34 candidates after the major parties boycotted the campaign as a political stunt by Farage.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Aug. 2026
Arctic dreams Russian President Vladimir Putin has long envisioned the 3,500-mile route along Russia’s jagged Arctic coastline becoming a major artery for trade – and a driver of investment in Russian ports and oil and gas fields.
Portland rallied by scoring the opening 13 points of the fourth — capping a 29-4 run spanning the third-quarter break — to get within 68-64.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Aug. 2026
Today, Downtown New York’s favorite denim brand will expand beyond the city for the first time with a Los Angeles opening on Melrose, one month after opening its fourth New York store.
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.
Marks said the poor, women and people of color are paying the cost of cash bail with more than money.
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Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
14 Aug. 2026
While the good-paying white-collar jobs in the ‘burbs are getting slashed, the substantial workforce Capital One inherited from Discover in the city of Chicago largely has been spared.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2026
According to You, the new approach could save significant computing resources by filtering out less promising materials before expensive simulations or even lab experiments start.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Aug. 2026
The liver just might be one of your hardest-working organs, producing proteins and filtering the blood, metabolizing nutrients and creating necessary bile for digestion.
Where previous generations tended to stall partway, the model could carry a researcher's experiment through to the end, freeing them to run more at once.
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Harry Booth,
Time,
7 Aug. 2026
The extra compression zipper shrinks the bulk of everything from linen dresses to matching sets, freeing up valuable suitcase space without sacrificing organization.
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