decommission
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In the summer of 2026, Trump seemingly began to waver on whether the Qatari plane would go to his library, or whether he might try to decommission a different presidential plane and transfer that one.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Legacy sales slid 25% to $1.52 billion due to lower demand as the company continues to decommission its copper-based network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
It will also administer and implement a process to decommission and store heavy weapons, military production sites, depots of weapons, and tunnels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The roadmap lays out a process to decommission and store Hamas's heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots and tunnels, to be implemented by NCAG.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Last week, a Hamas delegation met Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo to give its initial response to a proposal from the US-led Board of Peace for Palestinian groups to decommission their weapons.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Florida-based Holtec makes equipment to store nuclear waste and decommissions existing nuclear plants.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
"The volume of material is enormous compared to past decommissions."
From Scientific American ● Apr. 29, 2011
Others need a little more help to keep from being decommissioned, like the thousands that already vanished as cellphones took over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The company has decommissioned the tank involved in the incident, it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Earlier, a diplomatic source told AFP that the roadmap "offers a balanced and pragmatic path forward, with all weapons decommissioned and a phased transition of responsibilities" to the new authorities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The project is located on a decommissioned uranium-enrichment site on federal land in southern Ohio, and the campus would require 10 gigawatts of electricity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
A regular, nondescript conventional train that has probably been decommissioned, since California rail has gone high-speed.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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For a time he specialised in nuclear work and decommissioning, designing robots for pulling material out of contaminated tanks.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
However, Lane said there will be benefits to the decommissioning of the captive bird collection.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“I will advance renewable energy, import less foreign fuel and stop decommissioning of hydro and nuclear power. However, many current initiatives have unintended consequences, and my plan focuses on incentives, not mandates,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
It is also a cornerstone of the country's economy, employing more than 90,000 people, making decommissioning plans a divisive issue.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Before decommissioning in November 1944, the Sea Cloud served on ocean weather stations off the coasts of Greenland, Newfoundland, and France.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
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