discharge
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If the discharge flow at the time of the test is insufficient to take a sample, it is not regarded as a fail, and no samples are taken for the rest of the testing period.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Workers will then disinfect the repaired section with chlorine, test the water quality, then dechlorinate the water and discharge it into a storm drain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
This created a form of plasma called a glow discharge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the doctors haven't given him a discharge date.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
If it didn’t become jaundice and went away they could discharge him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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France has reduced output at its nuclear reactors, because the rivers where it discharges water used to cool the reactors are already too hot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Thames Water - which serves about 16 million customers, mostly across London and parts of southern England - has faced heavy criticism in recent years over its performance, sewage discharges, and pipe leaks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Windermere has been in the spotlight in recent years due to concerns over sewage discharges and its water turning green due to algal blooming, particularly during the summer.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Now the department is ending the most-generous repayment plan and has extinguished hopes for sweeping discharges of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The doctor discharges me three days later, on the condition I return daily to have my dressings changed and breathing monitored.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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The last few years have seen growing awareness and mounting public anger at the amount of raw sewage that is being discharged into England's rivers, lakes and seas.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Four servicemembers were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged, according to Centcom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The experience put him in the intensive care unit for nine days, after which he was discharged to a rehabilitation facility.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
In an exclusive interview, Michelle Dyson said patients were "too often diagnosed, discharged and sent home with little more than a leaflet".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The following day, when doctors dressed the wound, they found a tiny piece of rib bone and more fibers discharged with the pus.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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France's main energy provider also shut down two nuclear reactors on Thursday as an environmental protection measure to avoid discharging too much hot water into already warming rivers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
And unlike Michael Drejka, she brandished her gun without discharging it.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
It unloaded some of its cargo last month and appeared to be discharging the rest at a berth in Long Beach on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Moloney said by discharging Calocane to his GP, the trust "left him to the general public to deal with".
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties, but these are in every case very trivial in nature.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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