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to put into action or service
huge dams harness the power of water to produce electricity
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Recent Examples of harness
Yet history teaches us not to underestimate how a few ingenious humans can harness new technology to express themselves.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
The stay-at-home mom of three from Dayton, Ohio, is harnessing the power of social media and side hustles to get her family through the federal government shutdown.
—Bonny Chu , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Graphene is already being harnessed in the manufacturing of electric batteries, semiconductors, and other products, but with 200 times the strength of steel, urban planners also see its potential as a construction additive.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the team, space data centers would be powered by round-the-clock solar energy and would harness free cooling.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
The stay-at-home mom of three from Dayton, Ohio, is harnessing the power of social media and side hustles to get her family through the federal government shutdown.
—Bonny Chu , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Graphene is already being harnessed in the manufacturing of electric batteries, semiconductors, and other products, but with 200 times the strength of steel, urban planners also see its potential as a construction additive.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the team, space data centers would be powered by round-the-clock solar energy and would harness free cooling.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harness
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The Dodgers, with baseball's biggest payroll, have used their financial ability to pluck some of the most sought-after and most expensive free agents on the market.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to the new study, certain forms of iron oxyhydroxide nanominerals can catalyze the degradation of organophosphate esters (OPEs), chemical additives used in plastics as flame retardants and softeners.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health utilized satellite images to corroborate the scene, as well as a previously unreported potential mass killing at an RSF detention site at the former Children’s Hospital.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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In Africa, operators of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units (FPSO) are utilizing robust cameras with early warning capabilities to help improve situational awareness in hazardous environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The 30-second spot cites a 2023 New York Times investigation into migrant children trafficked and exploited to work grueling jobs at factories, construction sites, farms and other dangerous work places.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The organization, which represents the major film and TV studios, as well as major streaming platforms, argues in the letter that Instagram is trying to exploit the public’s trust in its ratings system for its own gain.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Regional restrictions may apply.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Future research could explore whether similar biases apply to other visible traits, such as race or disability.—
Abby Frank,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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Trucking employs millions of drivers across the United States, and experts predict that job roles will evolve as fleets adopt autonomous systems.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Many of those bases employ local workers in roles ranging from food service and construction to logistics and maintenance.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Harness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harness. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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