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bearing

noun as in significance

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Salinger returned home bearing scars more psychological than physical.

Taxpayers are also bearing the cost of new transmission lines needed to carry renewable power to where it’s used.

The same is true of connections between its hubs, Chief Executive Scott Kirby said in a memo to staff, leaving regional flights likely bearing the brunt of cancellations.

Customers who are travelling in cars will be directed to drive up to a kiosk bearing their registration number, and provide their biometric information there.

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There are no demarcations along this part of the line yet - a soldier points it out to me, taking bearings from a small patch of sand between the grey crumbs of demolished buildings.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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