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harnesses

NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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The event highlighted how the Westwood-based museum inspires creatives and harnesses community for the city’s artists.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Critics say such outcomes undermine Polymarket’s claim to be a “truth machine” that harnesses the wisdom of the crowd to generate accurate forecasts of political events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

This limits event risk and harnesses time decay, the term for how options lose value each day closer to expiration.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The couple began by trying different harnesses and getting Roo used to it in the house before introducing a travel backpack Roo could use if she needed a safe space while out and about.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

When Captain Cook first saw Eskimos and their dogs in Alaska they did not have harnesses.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen



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