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address

[uh-dres, ad-res, uh-dres] / əˈdrɛs, ˈæd rɛs, əˈdrɛs /






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The company had said after its May test that it had made "several modifications to hardware and software to address issues seen on the previous flight."

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

On Friday night, Trump is set to address the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, an affair rescheduled after a gunman opened fire near the Washington Hilton ballroom during the event in April.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

She said she may have been contaminated at a gym that she had attended to receive a massage, or at a shared home address.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The Fever issued a statement Thursday but did not directly address Turner’s allegations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

August Danneman, whose address I had narrowed down to three possibilities yesterday when we visited the Dannenbergs, but whose house we hadn’t gone to.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

His reputation has been questioned, and he has gone through in-patient rehab at a facility that addresses mental health, wellness and behavioral issues.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

This combination of wide scanning, low interference, and strong beam quality addresses one of the central obstacles facing integrated lidar technology.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

“We don’t want a partial agreement. We want something that addresses those sectors as well,” said Carney, in reference to motor vehicles, metals and forest products.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The regulator said that despite the ban on transactions from French accounts, visits from French internet addresses to Polymarket's site have been rising, hitting 578,751 last month.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

‘Perhaps they swapped addresses so they could keep in touch,’ I suggest.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Neso described the report as a "forward-looking" assessment of risks that could become more significant in the 2030s unless addressed.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

In a wide-ranging follow-up interview with the Los Angeles Times, Eustis addressed the path forward.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The court had never before addressed the question, because it was largely settled as a matter of history and tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

To the extent that significant unavoidable and genuinely catastrophic physical and financial damage to Florida crops caused by severe weather has not been addressed by other programs, federal help may be warranted.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Those emails are addressed to “Jett,” Mom’s famous-person name.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Then Cæsar addrest himself to his soldiers, when they were at the gates of the camp, ready to march out.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Politeness consists, they think, in always saying, "yes, yes," or at most a non-committal "indeed?" to every word addrest to them.

From Conversation What to Say and How to Say it by Conklin, Mary Greer

Upon a flower he stapt his flight, And thinking on his former slight, Thus to the Ant himself addrest: 'Pray, Madam, will ye please to rest?

From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard

I don’t think the Sea is so familiarly addrest; she is almost too strong-minded, capricious, and terrible a Virago, and—he is wedded to her for better or worse. 

From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes

Conillac, thus addrest, finished his ascent, and came toward the King with slow and trembling steps, rolling his eyes from right to left like one deranged.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Dr. McCormack said it is essential to create a clear process for incorporating ice sheet model projections into policies addressing sea level rise.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

Speakers take turns addressing crowds while also belting out protest songs and poems.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

"It's addressing affordability issues for people, but also accessibility and just making it a commonplace part of life that women need to pick up as just as part of general living," she said.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

“After stopping the attack, they immediately transitioned from addressing the threat to providing lifesaving medical care until firefighters arrived.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

“Well?” cried my sister, addressing us both at once.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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