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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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Harness the diversification power of alternatives and private assets: Alternative investments and private assets can offer investors downside portfolio protection while still capturing upside potential during rising markets.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

He's ready for one more celebration, pictured here with midfielder Marcus Harness on the way to Portman Road from the training ground.

From BBC • May 6, 2024

The show’s creator and writer, Peter Harness, working with the directors Michelle MacLaren, Oliver Hirschbiegel and Joseph Cedar, carries off both with aplomb, and maintains a dry tone and an appealing atmosphere of foreboding.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

She also lends her time to nonprofits she co-founded, Poderistas and Harness, and is an investor in Los Angeles women’s soccer team Angel City, sporting their black sweatshirt on this day.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

In 1904 he published Double Harness, and in 1905 A Servant of the Public, two novels of modern society, containing somewhat cynical pictures of the condition of marriage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various




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