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verb

present tense third-person singular of hackney

as in exhausts

to use so much as to make less appealing advertisers have hackneyed the word "revolutionary" so much that it now just means that a product is new

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noun

plural of hackney

as in surreys

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as in packhorses

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Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.

— Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of exhausts

Noun

Thankfully, shopping for these open-air buggies is much more straightforward than shopping for any other vehicle.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
The company operates driverless buggies that have no steering wheel or pedals, and feature four carriage-style seats that face inward, giving them a shuttle-like atmosphere.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of buggies

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The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

Definition of warhorses

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In their scenes together, Ahmed plays straight man so Khan can go huge, all breezy confidence and street smarts combined as a defense against the countless stereotypes the bearded, accented, proudly Muslim Zulfi must face every day.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
The Coalition for Faith and Media, in partnership with HarrisX, recently launched a research study that found 70% of Americans believe Hollywood stereotypes faith, while 82% say film and TV should prioritize portraying more accurate and complex portrayals of faith and religion.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026

Definition of stereotypes

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But, that could be accomplished with portable palanquins and chariots, Namboothiri said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.

— Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026

Definition of chariots

Noun

Cavalry officers from around the world, including the United States and United Kingdom, argued strongly against trading their lovely mounts for new tanks.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
The design mounts graphics processing units in compute trays that sit vertically instead of horizontally to boost density and reduce latency, and had been slated to debut with Vera Rubin Ultra, Nvidia's next-generation rack-scale system, in 2027.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of mounts

Noun

Eventually, like Odysseus, most people started to find their way home, hailing cabs and heading to the subway.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
As a recent article by Bloomberg points out, riders hopping into driverless cabs from Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox are treating driverless trips as a license to unwind.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026

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