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Recent Examples of clearing
Noun
Freedom seekers followed Sherman’s troops east, some clearing roads ahead of the march.—Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 Nov. 2026 After decades of high-profile disappointments, amyloid-clearing drugs have been celebrated as breakthroughs, possibly even the beginnings of a cure.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2026
Verb
In response, Herro placed Williams into a head lock – the action led to the benches briefly clearing and the pair both receiving technical fouls.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
11 Nov. 2026 The Senate voted 73-25 on Monday to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to move forward.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearing
Brett Baty will get plenty of at-bats by continuing to move around the field playing in the infield and outfield.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
12 Nov. 2026
Cousins played so well — his 20 touchdown passes are second only to Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow’s 23 — that Kubiak wasn’t in a hurry to take the 38-year-old off the field, even though the move was inevitable.
The city is continuing to replace lead pipes with copper ones in the older houses in the community with funds from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), ridding the community of pipes that might harm people or contaminate water.
Vazquez also helped Wedding evade capture, prosecutors allege, by paying public officials in Mexico to slow down investigations, get rid of evidence and dismiss charges.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Nov. 2026
After paying an additional $60,000 in October, he's also paid $30,000 in November.
The rapid development of drones with their swarming tactics requires a whole new approach to firepower that can neutralize mass threats without emptying ammunition stockpiles and busting the bank.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Nov. 2026
The self-emptying feature was formerly reserved for high-end models, but the Tapo RV30 Max Plus brings it to bargain hunters.
Scheduler optimizations in macOS 27 mean lightweight and persistent tasks go to the efficiency cores and neural accelerator, freeing up Super cores for heavier demands.
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Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
5 Nov. 2026
This reality is claustrophobic at times, but at others freeing, almost meditative.
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