wean
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Meanwhile, some organizations that rely heavily on diesel are looking to wean themselves off reliance on the fuel to prevent future price fluctuations from having a major impact.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
A major risk for the four leading hyperscalers is that competing labs will develop their own computing infrastructure and wean themselves off existing clouds, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The availability of cheap Chinese electric vehicles and solar panels also gives more options to countries trying to wean themselves off fossil-fuel imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The next minute, another says: "I'm firmly of the view we must not doomscroll our way through leaders - we have to wean ourselves off it."
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The poor woman figured and figured on a way to wean Gussie.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Customs delays, tariff uncertainty and soaring global demand have hiked solar costs and delayed projects as the U.S. weans itself off Chinese dependence.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
Jen's job was set up to help what young people themselves call the "Covid weans" - youngsters who started the pandemic as children and emerged as teenagers.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
Over the next several decades, however, the energy pull on the grid will increase significantly, as will demand from other electric sources as the country weans itself off of fossil fuels.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2022
Mr. Tshisekedi has said that too much of the profits from the nation’s metals and minerals — increasingly in demand as the world weans itself from fossil fuels — fail to benefit the Congolese.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
The Lady said she’d raised six weans of her own and five o’ them lads, eight o’ someone else’s lads wouldn’t be much different.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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Born into a nominally liberated time for women, our Gen X girlhood was a specific kind of confusing: Yes, we were weaned on “Free to Be You and Me.”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
"I think that it's time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support," he told CBS News's 60 Minutes.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
The coroner raised concerns that the doctor may have missed opportunities to put Cauchi back on medication after he was weaned off.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
As January drew to a close, I weaned myself off the motivational videos.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026
This is the best thing for nursing mothers and for those who are long weaned.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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After years of priming us to expect speedy deliveries, the ever-growing e-commerce economy is weaning us off them—and no one seems to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
In two-week-old mice, before weaning, dendritic spines were spread relatively evenly across the neuron.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
In the longer term, the deal won’t do anything to stop China’s strategic goal of weaning itself off U.S. soybeans, Suderman said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
When baby-led weaning became the popular way to feed infants, some said it made parenting a lot harder.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2025
“No news. They're still weaning Nikki off the respirator.”
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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