HARNESSED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

harnessed

verb

past tense of harness

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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 harnessed The venom’s ability to cause a life-threatening drop in blood pressure (the very thing that made the snake lethal), if harnessed, could help to manage blood pressure. — Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026 But neither the risks nor the benefits of AI can be harnessed if leaders across policy, government, and industry don’t act quickly to understand the scale of AI’s potential impact on the workforce. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 15 July 2026 Some of them are scary, but some of them, harnessed correctly, might help us with some very human problems that pre-date the emergence of the LLM. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 The Summit is meant to bring together governments, industry leaders, researchers, and civil society to explore how AI can be harnessed to address global challenges and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 July 2026 The truth is she was fully harnessed and attached to the roof. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 The company’s GPUs offer more flexibility than an ASIC such as a TPU — after all, GPUs were originally designed to render better 3D computer graphics before their processing power was harnessed for a broader range of tasks, including AI. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Then Norway also harnessed some of its manic energy. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 The shift in style of dress and self-presentation of this Sartorial Revolution harnessed together new ideas of politics, industry, commerce, fashion, gender, class, and race, and materialized these new ideas most clearly in the modern suit. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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The Hyundai Motor Company used one of the world’s largest sporting stages to showcase its robotics ambitions.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
For instance, in Berkeley, neighbors used CEQA — citing potential noise impact from partying students — to delay, for years, UC Berkeley’s construction of student dorms on People’s Park.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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For that project, contractors poured new, tinted concrete for the bottom of the pool and utilized a hydrophilic joint sealing strip, Hydrotite, from the New Jersey company Sika.

— Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
But the company has never put a number to the amount of projects that have utilized AI and have actual shots enhanced by generative AI within them, especially considering none of those series have previously been disclosed as containing AI.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 July 2026

Definition of utilized

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Boston Dynamics said the same AI training methods used to teach Atlas celebratory football movements are also being applied to warehouse automation and manufacturing tasks.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of applied

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The stutter, in this case, provides a sudden stimulus that triggers the ’keeper to commit to going in a certain direction early, which can then be exploited with a shot sent the other way.

— Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Parties have exploited lulls in fighting to buy time, rebuild capabilities and consolidate political or territorial gains ahead of the next round of conflict.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of exploited

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The security guards, who were employed by Akima Global Services, were distinguishable by the color of their shirts.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Igoe did not respond to an email asking if the deputies were still employed or had been disciplined due to the incident.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

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