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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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On a company level, he thinks those chief executives who adopt and harness AI fastest will be the big winners.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Schur noted that much work remains to harness that energy and turn it into real change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The speakers made it clear that the school’s position on AI isn’t about rejecting the technology, but about preparing the mind to harness it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"As we take the monopole forward, we want to harness the skills, expertise and manufacturing capability that exists here in Wales," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

So the question was unavoidable: If the goal is to make a powerful bomb, why not try to harness the power of fusion?

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

An initiative co-founded by McCormick, Climate TRACE, harnesses the technology to track emissions around the planet and build an inventory of the pollutants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

While labs like OpenAI and Anthropic do offer their own model harnesses for enterprise customers, Pan argues that businesses in regulated sectors like banking and government should build their own to keep their workflows private.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

That harnesses a network of roughly 200 task forces comprising over 4,000 personnel from federal, state and local agencies.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Along with the harnesses, hard hats and hi-vis, the safety kit now includes suncream and plenty of water bottles.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I remembered that it was in the shed next to Tomi’s stable that Uncle Manfred kept all his tools, all the harnesses, chains, ropes, everything.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

A mechanism that allows healthy tissue to recover from devastating damage could potentially be harnessed to improve healing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

From its early days, the store, called JapanLA, harnessed the internet to promote its products, using MySpace to connect with what was at the time a niche community: Los Angeles fans of kawaii culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Winston Churchill harnessed the power of radio, but thought television a vulgar diversion.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

But it eventually harnessed that aggression and also got more headlines right, pulling way ahead to $3.2 million by round 11.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

I harnessed the dogs and packed the sled.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The Canadian comedian, writer and producer Fielder is famous for harnessing the power of awkwardness, cringe and deadpan wit to great, if unsettling, comedic effect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

But since Aug. 9, when they began harnessing the power of Ryonex, every single one of their meme carousels has racked up tens of thousands of likes.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

His truck, selling hot dogs, empanadas and fried shrimp, runs on rechargeable batteries as part of a city pilot aimed at cutting harmful noise and air pollution by harnessing electric energy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

But Alexander Hamilton, among others, recognized that a national bank, in harnessing private wealth to create public credit, was as vital to independence as a military victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Huge finlike wind wings stuck up along their lengths, harnessing the breezes to help move the lumbering ships and their scrap loads of nickel, copper, iron, and steel.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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