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Recent Examples of harnesses
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.
—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
The yacht is also equipped with an advanced energy ecosystem that harnesses power from wind and water.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2026
The song was released in partnership with advocacy group GLAAD to celebrate Spirit Day, an annual initiative that harnesses influential voices to stand against the bullying of LGBTQ+ youth and families.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
The Business Law Section of the Florida Bar through its Financial Literacy Task Force has launched a new initiative — Senior$mart$ — which harnesses the knowledge of volunteer attorneys and judges to arm our senior population with the tools to secure their finances.
—Lori V. Vaughan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
In ‘Leviticus,’ Adrian Chiarella harnesses horror’s visceral power to confront homophobia with intelligence and imaginative flair, transforming a story of young love under siege into a gripping, urgent debut.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2026
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
The yacht is also equipped with an advanced energy ecosystem that harnesses power from wind and water.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2026
The song was released in partnership with advocacy group GLAAD to celebrate Spirit Day, an annual initiative that harnesses influential voices to stand against the bullying of LGBTQ+ youth and families.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
The Business Law Section of the Florida Bar through its Financial Literacy Task Force has launched a new initiative — Senior$mart$ — which harnesses the knowledge of volunteer attorneys and judges to arm our senior population with the tools to secure their finances.
—Lori V. Vaughan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
In ‘Leviticus,’ Adrian Chiarella harnesses horror’s visceral power to confront homophobia with intelligence and imaginative flair, transforming a story of young love under siege into a gripping, urgent debut.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harnesses
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This automatically measures the distance between the edges of the folding panels, uses sensors to detect offsets and recalibrates the brightness of adjacent LEDs to hide the tiny slot.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
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Prioritise, which uses AI to surface your most important notifications first, and Summarise, which condenses long chat threads into a quick summary without opening the app.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Terminix utilizes the advanced Sentricon baiting system alongside traditional liquid barriers to destroy subterranean colonies entirely.—
Nick Perry,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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Northrop Grumman said the new chip fully utilizes this portion of the radio spectrum to improve signal performance while reducing the need for larger and more power-intensive equipment.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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This article was generated by the CA Earthquake Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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The same also applies to players from other smaller soccer nations.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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This configuration exploits the boundary layer of air flowing over the airframe to increase efficiency.—
David Szondy
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2026
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The hackers used a common tactic known as credential stuffing to access the data, which exploits weak and reused passwords.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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“Harnesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harnesses. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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