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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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The analysts acknowledge the argument that incumbent banks should be able to harness new tech to streamline processes, redesign value chains, improve controls, and speed up decision making.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Police are also racing to harness the technology, putting on training courses and stocking up on the machines and counter-drone devices such as handheld jammers.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

To do so safely, Blair suggested collaring and keeping cats close on a well-fitted harness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The two models are connected by software called a harness, which runs the models in a closed-loop system that pits them against each other for self-improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

He slipped out of his flying harness, and his wings shot back up toward the ceiling.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

That harnesses a network of roughly 200 task forces comprising over 4,000 personnel from federal, state and local agencies.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

That’s why scientists in Arizona are strapping volunteers into harnesses and lowering them onto wet floors: to find what kinds of surfaces are safest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

He’s long advocated for lap belts or safety harnesses on theme park rides.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The three men were wearing harnesses that appear to be attached to a security rope.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The stores had a countrified look; there were harnesses and sacks of feed in half of the display windows.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

A mechanism that allows healthy tissue to recover from devastating damage could potentially be harnessed to improve healing.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

From its early days, the store, called JapanLA, harnessed the internet to promote its products, using MySpace to connect with what was at the time a niche community: Los Angeles fans of kawaii culture.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Winston Churchill harnessed the power of radio, but thought television a vulgar diversion.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Then we harnessed the horses and headed straight to the fields.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

But since Aug. 9, when they began harnessing the power of Ryonex, every single one of their meme carousels has racked up tens of thousands of likes.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

It is being recorded as part of work harnessing hidden microphones, cameras and artificial intelligence to reveal the secrets of species living deep in the rainforest and help protect them.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

“We’re harnessing the power of the wind and using only wind for propulsion.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Clinicians are gathering iris scans, voice recordings and harnessing AI to crunch through and curate masses of data to spot signs of change that may be early indicators of future problems.

From BBC May 22, 2026

But they were nothing like this quiet harnessing of wind and the sharp keel cutting through silken water.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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