freely available for use or participation by all
the lanes at the bowling alley will be open during the afternoon, but will be available only for league play in the evening
the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful
doctors are concerned about the population's openness to the new strain of the flu virus
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Burchill had opened his window and left boxes of pepperoni pizza in his hotel room at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, British Columbia.—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025 How to Watch Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals:
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On Friday night, the Royals took a 2-0 win over the Astros to open the series.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
While the Masses are open to public audiences, they are specifically held for employees and faithful of Vatican City.—Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Unlike many resorts on the island, the pool is open 24 hours.—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
There’s no control room or isolation booth at the barn; the recording console is out in the open.—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 Building in the open has the power to benefit every enterprise and team that participates.—Luca Maraschi, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for open
For 2024, the list was expanded to 450 companies and looked at their emissions between 2020 and 2022.
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Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
Read: The Last of Us and the power of video games
One of the best things about the TV adaptation has been its ability to expand past the limits of the game’s storytelling.
In the month following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack and Hamas's seizing of hundreds of Israeli hostages, Francis had prayed they would soon be freed and called for dialogue.
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Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
Four months into his second term, the sprint is on: SAB 121 is gone, freeing banks from punitive capital rules on digital‑asset custody; April’s bill scrapped the nightmare cost‑basis paperwork for DeFi; and the DOJ has shuttered its crypto task force, vowing to chase scammers, not software.
The move triggered a 21-day public comment period as part of the investigation led by the Commerce Department.
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Maggie Fick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
Save the primary beneficiary of that public money from more of the haphazard moves that have her franchise in the company of the league’s laughingstocks.
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