wean
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The plan also seeks to wean Turkey off its heavy dependence on energy imports.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
"People assume that it will always be readily available. And we need to wean ourselves off that kind of idea that water will always be there."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Versant is aiming to wean itself off of the pay-TV business due to the decline in subscribers who have migrated to streaming video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Andrew Mack, 42, a cyclist who runs a government-affairs business, believes better cycling infrastructure will help wean people from their cars, particularly for short trips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
His mother tried to wean him when he was nine months old but Gussie wouldn’t stand for it.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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As Europe weans itself off Russian energy, Washington is fast emerging as its largest gas supplier, with experts suggesting Croatia's Adriatic gas terminal offers a pathway deeper into the continent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Jen's job was set up to help what young people themselves call the "Covid weans" - youngsters who started the pandemic as children and emerged as teenagers.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
Over the next several decades, however, the energy pull on the grid will increase significantly, as will demand from other electric sources as the country weans itself off of fossil fuels.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2022
Mr. Tshisekedi has said that too much of the profits from the nation’s metals and minerals — increasingly in demand as the world weans itself from fossil fuels — fail to benefit the Congolese.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
The Lady said she’d raised six weans of her own and five o’ them lads, eight o’ someone else’s lads wouldn’t be much different.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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Born into a nominally liberated time for women, our Gen X girlhood was a specific kind of confusing: Yes, we were weaned on “Free to Be You and Me.”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
"I think that it's time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support," he told CBS News's 60 Minutes.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
As January drew to a close, I weaned myself off the motivational videos.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026
It’s theater for the post-Twitch age, performance art for those weaned on “The Legend of Zelda” or “Pokémon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
“He must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy.”
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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She shares content on topics families would usually turn to their health visitor for support with, such as weaning, developmental milestones and potty training.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
A longer-term goal is making Japan’s economy more secure by weaning it off Chinese-centered supply chains for essential materials such as critical minerals, and honing Japan’s technological edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
In two-week-old mice, before weaning, dendritic spines were spread relatively evenly across the neuron.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
In the longer term, the deal won’t do anything to stop China’s strategic goal of weaning itself off U.S. soybeans, Suderman said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
It started a new fashion in weaning called, “Giving the baby the Gussie.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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