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  • present participle of clear.
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clearing

[kleer-ing] / ˈklɪər ɪŋ /


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If the market can safely negotiate this week’s three major clearing events, the S&P 500 benchmark should rally toward the 7,900 to 8,000 level, one closely followed strategist says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

County and other public entities, saying that their failures, including not clearing brush and delayed evacuation warnings, increased the fire’s destruction.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The inquest heard the flight took about 15 minutes - with Ashman landing and clearing the runway before Lomas made her approach.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Nearly half the Arctic region’s summer ice—an area four times the size of Texas—has melted over five decades, clearing a fairly reliable path in the summer months.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“Far from it,” Pili said, and looked around the small clearing.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

But butterflies whose lifecycles are tied to specific habitats, such as woodland clearings or chalk grasslands, are struggling.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

More federally mandated encampment clearings followed in the coming weeks, even as the city ramped up its own schedule of standard encampment clearings.

From Slate Oct. 8, 2025

As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2024

Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2024

Nestled in an undulating patchwork of beech forests, lakes, and clearings were 140 cottages, a shopping mall, a barbershop, a post office, a dentist’s office, a sauna, a hospital, training facilities, and dining halls.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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