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extrication

noun

Definition of extrication

as in protection

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Recent Examples of extrication Rescuers will use an extrication device and a helicopter, Fathur said, adding that there were no reports of people missing and no challenges hampering the search. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 Crews stabilized the pickup before performing a technical extrication to free the driver. — Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026 Public Health and Safety Night on July 16 will feature demonstrations and information from the city’s police and fire departments, including a live vehicle extrication demonstration. — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026 Andrews said that fire department personnel had to use the Jaws of Life to get to the two teenagers in the back of the vehicle during the lengthy extrication, per the San Francisco Chronicle. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 One person was found trapped inside, prompting immediate extrication efforts by emergency crews. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026 Rescue crews immediately initiated extrication efforts and started life-saving measures, Besse said. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026 The driver of the truck was pinned inside the vehicle and required extrication, according to the release. — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026 The fire department noted that there was no fire or hazardous-material exposure, and no extrication operations were required. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Both Mac security firm Jamf and a researcher have documented macOS variations of ClickFix that can bypass Gatekeeper protections.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Nearly a quarter of the buildings in Manhattan are under some landmark protections, and in some neighborhoods, like the Upper West Side and Berman’s Village, more than 70 percent of the area is under landmark protections.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of protection

Noun

Resilience comes from an organization’s ability to recognize when defenses have failed, understand the consequences and act before a security event becomes a business crisis.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Rutte pledged to increase support for Ukraine and bolster the 32-nation alliance's own defenses along its long eastern border with Russia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of defense

Noun

Firefighters reached the man and pulled him from the water onto a rescue boat.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The segment was narrowly focused on the rescue itself, as the officer described his free fall, major injuries and his ascent up a 7,000 foot ridgeline before being spotted two days later.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of rescue

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Lialina’s practice is an act of preservation, a way of keeping the aesthetics and ideologies of the early internet alive.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Store mint in water in the refrigerator, or dry it for long-term preservation in different ways.

— Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of preservation

Noun

In the Maasai Mara, conservation operators are testing whether electric mobility can reduce fuel use and maintenance costs while limiting noise in one of Africa’s most important ecosystems.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Senner’s father, Stanley, has devoted more than five decades to the conservation of migratory shorebirds.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of conservation

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