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huge dams harness the power of water to produce electricity
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Recent Examples of harnesses
As an example, how could a small business have successfully participated in Amazon Prime Days without having reliable access to the Internet and a marketing strategy that fully harnesses technology?
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Dawn Thilmany,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Created with input from dermatologists and plastic surgeons, the serum also harnesses retinol to smooth fine lines.
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Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
Particularly effective as a complement to other treatments or following a transplant, PRP harnesses the body’s own regenerative power.
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Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
Sagan harnesses his cosmic knowledge and enthusiasm for the search for extraterrestrial life and trains it on a very human story.
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Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
The tote harnesses one of 2026’s trendiest materials — raffia — and pairs it with the kind of full-grain leather that even smells the way leather should.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Advertisement Huang decided to try using OpenEvolve, an open-source tool which harnesses LLMs such as Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude, to optimize the algorithms in a process analogous to natural selection.
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Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
Instead of constructing more data centers that require electric grids to scale up their infrastructure and capacity, decentralization harnesses energy from existing sources, avoiding adding more power into the mix.
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IEEE Spectrum,
7 Apr. 2026
The yacht is also equipped with an advanced energy ecosystem that harnesses power from wind and water.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2026
Dawn Thilmany,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Created with input from dermatologists and plastic surgeons, the serum also harnesses retinol to smooth fine lines.
—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
Particularly effective as a complement to other treatments or following a transplant, PRP harnesses the body’s own regenerative power.
—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
Sagan harnesses his cosmic knowledge and enthusiasm for the search for extraterrestrial life and trains it on a very human story.
—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
The tote harnesses one of 2026’s trendiest materials — raffia — and pairs it with the kind of full-grain leather that even smells the way leather should.
—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Advertisement Huang decided to try using OpenEvolve, an open-source tool which harnesses LLMs such as Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude, to optimize the algorithms in a process analogous to natural selection.
—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
Instead of constructing more data centers that require electric grids to scale up their infrastructure and capacity, decentralization harnesses energy from existing sources, avoiding adding more power into the mix.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Apr. 2026
The yacht is also equipped with an advanced energy ecosystem that harnesses power from wind and water.
—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harnesses
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Summer uses a family trip to a Caribbean resort to cause chaos and sabotage the relationship.
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Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
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The underlying design utilizes a High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor framework that Valar Atomics refers to as its Numenor architecture.
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His company has developed a noninvasive technology system, called Edison, which utilizes histotripsy—sound waves that destroy tumors from the inside—to treat cancer and other conditions.
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West Virginia’s ban also applies at every level of competition, but only from middle school through college.
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The same process applies for minors if all living parents agree to the name change.
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This configuration exploits the boundary layer of air flowing over the airframe to increase efficiency.
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The hackers used a common tactic known as credential stuffing to access the data, which exploits weak and reused passwords.
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“Harnesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harnesses. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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