coaxes (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of coax (out)
as in obtains

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  1. obtains
  2. gains
  3. extracts
  4. pulls
  5. procures
  6. secures
  7. drags
  8. gets
Verb
  • Caltrans spokesperson Eric Menjivar said in an email Tuesday that at least some of the repairs are on hold as the agency obtains supplemental funding through an internal review process to finish the repairs.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pacioni said the warrant was of a type — a Ramey warrant — that a law enforcement agency obtains through a court without review or approval by the district attorney’s office.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of obtains
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  • Someone who gains access to that inbox may be able to reset your rewards password.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The 2026 tablet gains the powerful A20 Pro, the same chip in the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of gains
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  • Now, chemical engineers at the University of Groningen have developed a durable ceramic electrolyzer that extracts hydrogen directly from water vapor.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Mildren’s latest product, the Micro Honey Harvester, is a compact, rechargeable device that extracts honey from spinning honeycomb cassettes.
    — Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracts
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  • Just before noon, Green drives through the intersection of Magnolia and Beaty streets, then suddenly pulls to the side of the road.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Its forward motion carries it around Earth while gravity pulls it toward the planet.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulls
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  • Ghost Robotics has already moved its motor production from China to South Korea, and currently procures its neodymium magnets from a European company.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Although Ventura County already procures renewable electricity through a community choice energy program, local generation is expected to offer a more economical route to meeting its sustainability targets.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of procures
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  • By bringing EdgePoint into the boardroom, Mattel secures an 18% stockholding in friendly hands.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Conversely, a larger capital injection secures the necessary balance sheet for heavy CapEx at the expense of a lower valuation.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of secures
Verb
  • Try to keep that in mind the next time your kid drags you to some terrible Star Wars thing that nobody asked for.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The deadpan family comedy follows a 63-year-old man who drags nine relatives on a one-day tour of nine temples after a fortune teller warns that his mother will soon die.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of drags
Verb
  • The Archimedes screw gets a molecular makeover The researchers took inspiration from the Archimedes’ screw, an ancient device with a helical blade inside a cylinder that lifts water (or solids) when rotated.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The driver gets a 24-inch OLED screen, and there’s a smaller 7-inch infotainment screen in the centre.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026
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