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Recent Examples of clearing
Noun
Ynon Kreiz, the former CEO of Mattel, has been named Co-CEO of the combined WarnerMount alongside David Ellison, the company announced on Wednesday following the news of the final hurdle clearing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2026 After bulldozers were spotted in August clearing land in Big Bend, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott announced a pause on all activity there and it was later expanded to the area upstream of the park.—ABC News,
30 Sep. 2026
Verb
After a cool and unsettled weekend, warmer weather is expected to return this week, with skies clearing Tuesday and temperatures climbing into the mid-80s by Thursday and Friday before another change brings cooler, wetter conditions for the weekend.—
The Baltimore Sun,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Sep. 2026 Sleep has been shown to play an important role in clearing waste products linked to impaired brain function and Alzheimer's disease from the brain, according to the NIH.—
Ava Tsapatsaris,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearing
Each nutty denunciation of his imaginary tormentors includes a plea for a presidential pardon.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
3 Oct. 2026
Flávio has promised to seek a broad amnesty for his father and others convicted over the coup attempt, and to use the presidential pardon power if Congress does not act.
These releases were often filled with field recordings and improvisations, prioritizing the glimpse into the artist’s mind over the rigors of craft.
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Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
7 Oct. 2026
Lichtenstein rose to prominence for canvases that drew inspiration from bold black outlines, flat bright colors, and fields of dots that defined commercial printing across comic books, advertisements, and newspapers.
The city is continuing to replace lead pipes with copper ones in the older houses in the community with funds from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), ridding the community of pipes that might harm people or contaminate water.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2026
The fatal crash has led city leaders and animal rights activists to take a new look at ridding New York of carriage horses.
Among the most intriguing possibilities, Brouhard said, is that Gulf nations exporting oil are surreptitiously paying Iran fees in exchange for safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz – even as they’re secured by US military escorts.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2026
The pay-as-you-go option is perfectly timed for Grand Theft Auto VI, allowing those who don’t own an Xbox, or who primarily play from a phone, to stream the game by paying for a bundle of hours.
Freeman said the Braves have done a good job keeping the Dodgers’ hitters off-balance by emptying their bullpen, sending in a fresh pitcher every couple of innings.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Oct. 2026
With smarter obstacle avoidance, self-emptying docks, and mopping pads that actually scrub, today’s cleaning bots deliver an instant quality-of-life upgrade.
Bangkok's preservationists realized that the river could once again become the soul of the city, and creative hoteliers and restaurateurs began filtering back.
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Tony Perrottet,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
Even more baffling is that American Girl already includes age categories as a method for filtering books on its website.
Google said in its release that its new model is already being used internally to optimize memory at Google’s data centers, freeing up hundreds of terabytes of memory without buying additional hardware.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2026
Automation can improve consistency while freeing teams to focus on higher-value analysis.
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