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clear

[kleer] / klɪər /








VERB
pass over, often by jumping
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It isn’t clear what specific tools Colin Parsons’s hackers used, but they were looking for online credentials that could be used to obtain AI services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Police fired several tear gas grenades to clear the group, which was holding its protest near a university building and the city's police station.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

A fancy way of saying, beyond the short-term announcements and clear long-term aspirations, what is this government actually going to do?

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Then I do my warmups, relax, keep my mind clear of any nonsense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I clear my throat and pray that the butterflies in my stomach settle down.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

This treatment clears space in the bone marrow for the incoming cells, but it can be extremely taxing, particularly for older or medically frail patients.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

As the rain clears southwards cooler air will be left in its wake with daytime temperatures by midweek expected to be at - or even slightly below - the seasonal average.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between Paramount and a group of US states that clears the way for its takeover of Warner Bros.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The settlement clears the way for Paramount’s roughly $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He adjusts his glasses and clears his throat.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Walke believes that giving patients clearer information about their brain activity could also help change public attitudes toward mental illness.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“So we’ve redesigned them to make them easier to discover and clearer to set, alongside a new policy that keeps requests reasonable, with no surprises.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

This time he faces a far clearer threat from a student movement that has shunned the mainstream opposition parties.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Scientists have measured the amount of helium produced during the Universe's first five minutes with unprecedented precision, offering a clearer picture of the conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

But it was louder and clearer than any purebred redbone.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

For now, Manning’s two documented Colorado properties remain the clearest picture of his current real estate portfolio, reflecting his enduring connection to the city where he concluded his celebrated football career.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Los Angeles Rams started the season as the clearest Super Bowl favourites in nine years but were replaced by the San Francisco 49ers after last Monday's overtime defeat by the Buffalo Bills.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It remains one of the clearest demonstrations that the quantum world operates according to rules that go beyond the familiar laws of classical physics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Investors track annualized revenue at OpenAI and Anthropic as the clearest signal of demand for artificial intelligence, and the figures help justify enormous spending on data centers as well as the AI-fueled stock market rally.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

I surmised the clearest notion of Protestant theology from discussions of the Reformation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

No evidence was found of illegal campaign advertising or unreported contributions, and Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission ultimately cleared the journalist, but the experience still chilled her speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The French UN mission apologized in September for the critique, a mea culpa that was well-received by Washington and cleared the way for Lechevallier's appointment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Our findings offer measurable evidence of long-term taste disruption in some post-COVID patients long after the virus has been cleared," the authors write.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

On Monday, cleanup crews and firefighters cleared shattered glass and other debris from the streets of Paris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Sounds good to me,” Callaway said, turning to walk across the atrium toward where the breakfast dishes were being cleared.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The roof has maybe three years left and the furnace sounds like it’s clearing its throat every morning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Last week, ill-discipline repeatedly gifted Canada field position before a late handling error, which put a clearing kick under pressure, opened the door for the hosts' winning try.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

City crews have also been clearing more than 31,000 catch basins and drainage systems and inspecting and reinforcing vulnerable hillsides and burn areas, including Pacific Palisades, Bass said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

An outer buffer that slows wildfires by thinning trees, clearing dead brush, and breaking up continuous vegetation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The fog was clearing at last, and below him, the vastness of the Forest marched away into the west.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver


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