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The people tasked with the job of finding a usable vein and securing an IV are not phlebotomists with specialized training or nurses.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Everyone agrees that some types of distillation are fine—for example, when a company such as Apple distills its own model to produce a streamlined version usable on smartphones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In Nuwakot, AFP photographers on Tuesday saw people scouring through mud into the rubble of their homes for usable items, some clearing away dirt and stringing up plastic sheeting for shelter in the ruins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some mortgage lenders do a haircut on foreign income — meaning that, to reduce exchange-rate volatility, they reduce the borrower’s usable gross income by a certain percentage.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Somehow Schindler succeeded in convincing the Nazis that we were useful and productive, even though during those eight months we were in the Brünnlitz camp, we produced almost no usable ammunition.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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