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verb

past tense of clear
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as in opened
to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops

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as in emptied
to remove the contents of cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes

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as in earned
to receive after charges and deductions have been made cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile

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Adjective
  • As research continues, there will develop a clearer understanding of how cannabis interacts with the immune system during viral infections.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Shortly after taking office in 2021, Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to combat provider directory misinformation, so there seemed to be a clear path to confronting ghost networks.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Hotel Yellowstone This adults-only Jackson Hole hotel opened in August at the doorway of some of the United States’ most majestic natural wonders.
    Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Bill Darden, a pioneer of the casual dining revolution in America, opened Red Lobster in 1968.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • For those who have paid $1000-plus for a new flagship, this will come as a nasty surprise.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The workers, who were not getting paid and did not have any strike benefits available to them from the union during the strike, were eager to limit their loss of income.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Some neighbors who decided to leave Asheville until the power and/or water were resurrected emptied their pantries before departure.
    Jessica Wakeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The border region has largely emptied out over the past year as the two sides have traded fire.
    AAMER MADHANI, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The team’s next goal is to explore how plant life colonizes landscapes that have recently been freed from ice, and to predict how this process might unfold in the future.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said she was freed after over four months of efforts from Iraqi government agencies working with American and Jordanian authorities.
    Nechirvan Mando, Michael Rios and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The sentiment being more important than the form, Miss Manners thinks Persons A and B both acquitted themselves most graciously.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Wallace, one of Hernandez’s two co-defendants in the Lloyd murder case, is convicted of accessory to murder after the fact and acquitted of murder.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • It also was approved for a voucher program in New York similar to the one offered by the Southern California ports.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
  • And last month the board approved a contract for separate legal counsel from the county office — a move that is highly unusual for education offices, Fine said.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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  • The use of official app stores, albeit only fleetingly as Apple and Google removed the fake apps in due course, bestowed a sense of authenticity to the operation as people put trust in both the Apple and Google ecosystems to protect them from potentially dangerous apps.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The bark is removed from the tree in summer using traditional methods handed down from generation to generation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Cleared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleared. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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