Thesaurus / nixing
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When the city asked its next power company to commit to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions “to the fullest extent practical,” SDG&E made a point of nixing that quoted modifier.
Environment Report: New Mayor, Council Draw Lines in Franchise Fee BattleMacKenzie ElmerDecember 21, 2020Voice of San Diego
The win for protein structure prediction, however, marks its dazzling debut into the real world—one that nixes negative punditry on the value of AI for real-life quandaries.
DeepMind’s AlphaFold Is Close to Solving One of Biology’s Greatest ChallengesShelly FanDecember 15, 2020Singularity Hub
Nearly all major marathons and other road races were nixed in 2020, from Athens to Boston.
The future of marathons is in the hands of the casual runnerKatherine Ellen FoleyDecember 6, 2020Quartz
In June, Maryland’s largest school system — Montgomery County — announced they would conduct a detailed analysis of arrest data and the use of SROs before deciding in January 2021 whether they would modify or nix school policing entirely.
Alexandria City Public Schools approves revisions to contract with policeHannah NatansonOctober 30, 2020Washington Post
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