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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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To harness a big amount of stock without much money, buy one call and sell another with a higher strike price but same expiration to profit from potential rallies.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

And if you are able to harness it, you can do things that maybe people say can’t be done and haven’t been done before.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

According to the researchers, these findings raise the possibility of developing therapies that better harness CD4+ T cells, particularly against tumors that have learned to evade traditional CD8+ T cell attacks.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Quantum computers harness massive amounts of computing power, enabling them to solve complex problems that classical computers can’t handle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Finally done, I put the harness back on him and hooked him up and made the run through the night thinking that I was allowing him to die.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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