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  • plural of harness.
  • present tense form of harness (3rd person singular).
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harnesses

NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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He’s long advocated for lap belts or safety harnesses on theme park rides.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 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

It was this emblem Merchant Lyte had on everything he owned—carved above his counting house on Long Wharf, engraved on all his silver— even on dog collars and harnesses.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes



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