discharge
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This created a form of plasma called a glow discharge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
He served as a photographer in Germany during the Korean War and joined his father at Disney following his 1952 discharge from the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
But the doctors haven't given him a discharge date.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
She said her office had seen a significant increase in calls from older people and families struggling to access domiciliary care, including delays to hospital discharge, reduced care provision and long waits for support.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
I appealed to one who, in the discharge of what he believed his duty, knew neither mercy nor remorse.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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France has reduced output at its nuclear reactors, because the rivers where it discharges water used to cool the reactors are already too hot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Now the department is ending the most-generous repayment plan and has extinguished hopes for sweeping discharges of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Sewage discharges, runoff of fertilisers and manures from farms and wastewater from industry can all increase nutrient levels in rivers and estuaries.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The follow-up River Wye Action Plan in 2024 blamed excessive nutrients from farming and wastewater discharges as well as climate change for increasing the water temperature and reducing the water flow in hot dry summers.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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It requires monthly payments of at least $10 and 30 years of payments before balances can be discharged, unless borrowers are in public service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Student loans can be discharged in some bankruptcy cases, for example, but they are much harder to erase than other kinds of consumer debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Desperate, they waited three hours at yet another hospital until another child was discharged.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The changes include repayment plans that could push up monthly bills and require more payments before debt can be discharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Jody picked up a stone to help the game along, but he was too late, for the cat was under the porch before the stone could be discharged.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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Sherwin said firefighters could hear ammunition discharging in the distance as they continued to fight the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
France's main energy provider also shut down two nuclear reactors on Thursday as an environmental protection measure to avoid discharging too much hot water into already warming rivers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
But he was then mistakenly prescribed some to take home by the discharging doctor who believed he had been taking it before being admitted.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
DC Water violated the Clean Water Act, which prohibits discharging pollutants into navigable waters, the lawsuit in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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