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bracing

[brey-sing] / ˈbreɪ sɪŋ /


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Yet this scene, too, is ultimately reconfigured in surprising ways, leaving its meanings bracingly indefinite.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Our analysis of nearly 10,000 patients reveals that simple, accessible therapies like knee bracing and water-based exercise outperform high-tech options like ultrasound. This could reshape clinical guidelines to focus on safer, lower-cost interventions."

From Science Daily

This week the Transportation Security Administration is bracing to miss a second full paycheck.

From The Wall Street Journal

The entire industry is bracing for the possibility of missed games for the first time since the strike of 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the historic Bikita Minerals, the country's largest lithium mine, workers were bracing for a thin paycheque, with wages linked to production targets, and some were on forced leave, a worker said, also anonymously.

From Barron's