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huge dams harness the power of water to produce electricity
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Recent Examples of harnessing
Bottom line Understanding and harnessing the power of compound interest is the key to financial freedom.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Sailors have been harnessing the wind here for nearly 200 years, so why not give it a go yourself?
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 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
The challenge for leaders as AI enters its next chapter will be not just harnessing its power, but ensuring its benefits are shared among workers, companies, and economies alike.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Part of his original pitch centered on harnessing the talent hotbed UF has nearby.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Yet research and development of harnessing waves and tides for electricity have lagged behind other alternative forms of energy.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
The company revealed the details in a surprise video on Thursday about its work with AMD on Amethyst, a project aimed at harnessing AI approaches to enhance gaming graphics.
—PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Other experts will focus on topics like using hip-hop to promote social-emotional learning in classrooms, harnessing hip-hop’s emphasis on play through experimentation and bold expression, teaching dance techniques and using hip-hop for community building.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Sailors have been harnessing the wind here for nearly 200 years, so why not give it a go yourself?
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 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
The challenge for leaders as AI enters its next chapter will be not just harnessing its power, but ensuring its benefits are shared among workers, companies, and economies alike.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Part of his original pitch centered on harnessing the talent hotbed UF has nearby.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Yet research and development of harnessing waves and tides for electricity have lagged behind other alternative forms of energy.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
The company revealed the details in a surprise video on Thursday about its work with AMD on Amethyst, a project aimed at harnessing AI approaches to enhance gaming graphics.
—PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Other experts will focus on topics like using hip-hop to promote social-emotional learning in classrooms, harnessing hip-hop’s emphasis on play through experimentation and bold expression, teaching dance techniques and using hip-hop for community building.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harnessing
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Privacy and partners Lenovo built Qira using a hybrid AI architecture.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kansas City officials approved the initial funding for the temporary facility in October, using funds from the public safety sales tax.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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This involves utilizing technology to enhance autonomy, making informed decisions based on data, and coordinating tactics within groups for future combat.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Amidst the ongoing privacy issues surrounding door cameras and the backlash over social media giants exploiting user data to train their own models, today’s robots invite both passive and active observers into our homes and leave our data exposed to bad actors.—
Jason Corso,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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For years, the debate around this issue has been quietly deadlocked between the forces for common sense reform to dramatically lower the cost of construction, and personal injury lawyers who reap increasingly large windfalls by exploiting this law.—
Elizabeth Crowley,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Many major airlines are also waiving change fees and penalties for passengers who are looking to switch their flights on their own, though some carriers are applying limits.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Thompson immediately began applying for jobs, including DoorDash, grocery stores and substitute teaching.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with drones and missiles in recent weeks, employing a tactic used in previous winters.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
2 Jan. 2026
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Local productions shifted away from sweeping narratives toward stories reflecting everyday life, employing diverse visual styles and genres to meet varied audience preferences.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Harnessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harnessing. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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