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Noun
During tests involving activities such as chopping food and clearing workspaces, DYNA-2 could recover without human intervention, while the earlier model required manual recovery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Aug. 2026 Mass clearings claim the most trees Like past assessments, the survey found the overwhelming majority of Atlanta’s intact canopy — 72% — is on land zoned for single-family residential homes.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
10 Aug. 2026
Verb
In contrast, the upper body, equipped with robotic arms, performs tasks such as operating equipment, clearing obstacles and assisting rescue teams.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2026 This year, a record snowfall canceled support events, while crews spent valuable time clearing snow from grandstands before race weekend.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearing
The candidates have been clashing over the personal history of DeBarros, who served 19 years in prison for a shooting in Waterbury at the age of 18 in 1996 before he was later pardoned by the state’s board of pardons and paroles.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2026
Biden gave him a presidential pardon after congressional Republicans threatened him with criminal charges over his handling of COVID-19.
After an intentional walk to Seiya Suzuki, Crow-Armstrong took off for third and came around when the throw from Valenzuela glanced off Josh Smith’s glove and into short left field.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2026
The edge defender walked off the field with team trainers and did not return, though Koonce continued to practice.
Portland rallied by scoring the opening 13 points of the fourth — capping a 29-4 run spanning the third-quarter break — to get within 68-64.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Aug. 2026
Today, Downtown New York’s favorite denim brand will expand beyond the city for the first time with a Los Angeles opening on Melrose, one month after opening its fourth New York store.
The tea leaves are placed in bubbling jacuzzis four times over, ridding them of any impurities, albeit minimal given that the farm is organic and so large that there is no pesticide drift from neighboring farms.
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Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2026
These expert- and editor-approved kits make ridding yourself of unwanted hair a breeze.
Without his salary, paying rent, buying food, phone credit, covering transport costs and paying water bills have all become daily struggles.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Aug. 2026
The proposal stated that military or civilian cargo linked to Israeli vessels and other entities deemed to have damaged Iran would be banned from crossing until paying compensation.
According to You, the new approach could save significant computing resources by filtering out less promising materials before expensive simulations or even lab experiments start.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Aug. 2026
The liver just might be one of your hardest-working organs, producing proteins and filtering the blood, metabolizing nutrients and creating necessary bile for digestion.
Where previous generations tended to stall partway, the model could carry a researcher's experiment through to the end, freeing them to run more at once.
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Harry Booth,
Time,
7 Aug. 2026
The extra compression zipper shrinks the bulk of everything from linen dresses to matching sets, freeing up valuable suitcase space without sacrificing organization.
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