open (up)

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Verb
  • But after struggling on the road before losing consecutive games at home against Las Vegas and Dallas amid a three-game losing streak, the Sparks needed something to go right.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Obviously, there are multiple things in this outing that need to be cleaned up.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • The second season finale saw Deborah fire Ava to free her up to be her own person and chase her career, only for the two to boomerang back together.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Orbit Robotics says its mission isn't to replace astronauts but to free them.
    Omar Kardoudi May 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Investors chasing Asia’s artificial intelligence rally may want to look beyond the region’s top-performing stock markets and consider Japan instead, according to Barclays.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • If completed, Midtown Station would sit near a transit center that the developers want to use to establish a transportation hub connecting people throughout the area.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The important thing is to be able to completely unplug, leaving worries at home.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 29 May 2026
  • The challenge, educators say, is that technology has become so entwined with learning, especially for older students, that unplugging from screens at school is complicated.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • The screaming headlines followed by the official oops that came in the wake of the announcement of the 1996 Mars rock is something scientists are justified in wanting to keep off their resumes.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 June 2026
  • Perhaps the Thunder would see the upside of a SGA-Giannis-J-Dub core as justifying the risk of cutting down their depth to that extent.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • Guests at the villas can take full advantage of the resort facilities with free shuttle transfers.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • There's a lot to do here at this Palace that warrants a return visit to this mountain getaway.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Given the immediacy of these issues and the concrete harms that would result from disruptions to the availability of broadband to large swaths of US consumers and businesses, the grant of this Petition is warranted.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2026
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“Open (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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