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wean

[ween] / win /
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detach
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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

Still, Chelsea are attempting to wean themselves off chaos and into the stability seen at Arsenal or previously at Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to help wean some Americans off psychiatric medications, including antidepressants.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is announcing steps that he said are aimed at helping wean some Americans off psychiatric medications, including antidepressants.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Their new, higher rents meant that they'd have to cut back on their spending, to work longer hours, or try to wean themselves off their costly psychiatrists.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

As Europe weans itself off Russian energy, Washington is fast emerging as its largest gas supplier, with experts suggesting Croatia's Adriatic gas terminal offers a pathway deeper into the continent.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

But Apple has been weaning itself off Qualcomm, replacing it with its homegrown modems.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

In two-week-old mice, before weaning, dendritic spines were spread relatively evenly across the neuron.

From Science Daily Jan. 16, 2026

"It's a great step forward in helping children with the weaning process, with feeding and healthy eating," she said.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2025

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

Others, weaning belches, lodged in his chest and caused massive heartburn.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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