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clearing

[kleer-ing] / ˈklɪər ɪŋ /


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Wintermute’s U.S. arm has registered as a broker-dealer, ushering the crypto-trading firm into regulated Wall Street and clearing a path for its expansion into traditional financial services.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

None of the documents mentioned the letter from Wells Fargo clearing Garrido.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The Joyjatra eventually received permission to cross Hormuz on June 23, but it was only after clearing the waterway that the crew was finally able to relax.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

It is a roasting hot Saturday in Skegness and 15-year-old Maisy is busily serving and clearing tables at the Seafood Cafe close to the seafront.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

At the edge of a clearing we see a deer grazing on the long grasses.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Over the past year, G. has been no stranger to encampment clearings.

From Slate Oct. 8, 2025

Yatai stressed to us that they are not the same as these rougher operations, some little more than a collection of sheds built in forest clearings.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2025

As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2024

Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2024

They ran southeast, in the direction he wanted them to go, with tails straight out behind their manure-stained haunches, running more like deer than cattle, moving from thicket to thicket for cover, avoiding the clearings.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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