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It is not clear what might cause such behaviour, as experts say much more research is needed.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It’s clear from sources we spoke with that the key targeted minority population in question is the white ethnic group known as Afrikaners.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
"The data is super clear - prevention is preferable to cure."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Its dominant presence in Syria, plus growing military deployments in Northern Cyprus, Iraq, Qatar, Libya and Somalia, make that clear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
His expression made it clear: Torak shouldn’t call unless he meant something by it.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
These days the bond market clears at a higher yield.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The decision clears a hurdle for Paramount and Warner Bros. as the media giants work to close a deal that stands to reshape the entertainment industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
November 18: The FAA clears the 737 MAX to resume service.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Fuel typically arrives by barge in the summer, when ice clears from waterways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
I rub my eyes, and my vision clears just in time for me to see Woo flip over a giraffe.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Greater candidate control over spending makes it clearer to voters who is responsible for a campaign that gets too negative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
These are companies with clearer operating histories, proven economics, and market structures that aren’t being distorted by an unusually small float.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The discovery gives scientists a clearer picture of how complex features can repeatedly emerge in unrelated populations or in different branches of the same evolutionary family.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
It is also trying to appeal to "new and younger customers" through its new iced matcha lattes, and to health-conscious consumers by making nutritional information on its labels clearer.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Today, like a miracle, I could see fencing clearer than I’d seen anything before.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The clearest read on qualified-wafer pricing is what it did to a wafer maker’s accounts: AXT’s gross margin rose from 8% of revenue to nearly 45% in a year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The clearest dividing line our interviewees described was orientation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They paint the clearest picture yet of the off-site medical care received by immigrants in the custody of the federal government before the payment system fractured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, are giving astronomers their clearest look yet at how supermassive black holes obtain the gas they need to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
This is the moment I remember clearest of all—how I stood in the driveway looking back at them.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
When the Department of Justice cleared the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger in June, Ellison passed.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Foster + Partners, the architecture firm behind The Gherkin, and engineering consultants Wintech Ltd were cleared of the same charges.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
British regulators on Thursday cleared tech scion David Ellison’s $111-billion deal to buy Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition, respectively.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Under the great canopy of the ancient forest, Mal cleared her throat.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
As those policies have dwindled, the clearing yield must rise to attract other buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The company must also sanitize the freezer within seven days of clearing out remaining food waste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Castlelake said Thursday that it wouldn’t make a formal bid for easyJet, effectively clearing the way for Apollo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If you have a conditional offer for university or college that you don't meet, you can apply to Ucas' clearing process, external, which is used by universities and colleges to fill empty places.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
We took a torch through the trees until we came to the clearing with the apple tree, standing so still and perfect in the dark.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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