How to Use growth factor in a Sentence

growth factor

noun
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  • The growth factor and small caps fell less than value and large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The growth factor and small caps fell less than the value factor and large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The sites apply a year-on-year growth factor and adjust it based on the season.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • The growth factor and small caps outpaced the value factor and large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Large caps outpaced small caps while the value and growth factors were mixed.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • To the team’s surprise, the snake stem cells responded to the same growth factors that work on human and mouse cells.
    — Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The growth factor and small caps outperformed the value factor and large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The growth factor and large caps outperformed the value factor and small caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The value factor and large caps outperformed the growth factor and small caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Value and growth factors were mixed as small caps outpaced large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • There are drugs like growth factor 1 for which there are no reliable tests.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The endless benefits of growth factors Don’t let the name deter you.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The researchers cannot say for sure if the jumping genes are responsible for the absence of the growth factor genes.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • The idea is that the stem cells emit growth factors that promote the healing of the meniscus tissue, helping the two sides knit back together.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 10 Jan. 2017
  • Value and growth factors were both off while small caps outperformed large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Serum is a unique growth factor serum engineered to reverse fine lines and sagging skin.
    — Anneke Knot, wsj.com, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The theory is that the holes help the growth factors and other nutrients get into deeper layers of the skin.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 14 Sep. 2018
  • These growth factors are injected into certain areas of the scalp to prompt hair growth.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • When the scientists removed the growth factors, the cells began to morph into the epithelial cells that produce venom in the glands of snakes.
    — Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The engineered strain of cells then had to be multiplied in a special brew of nutrients and growth factors.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019
  • This anti-aging cream for the neck is made of gentle retinoids and growth factors, as well as vitamin C, E and ferulic acid.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Sure enough, among their findings was a link between aggression and a growth factor gene that gives small dogs their miniature stature.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • These stem cells exude substances called growth factors.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • The growth factor outperformed the value factor while small caps outpaced large caps.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Instead of vitamin A, this serum has a complex of growth factors and peptides, which promote cell turnover.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Stem cells provide growth factors to hair follicles and improve their health.
    — Kenneth Willardt, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The cells revert to a partially embryonic state, which causes them to emit the growth factors.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • Blood is drawn from the patient and centrifuged to increase the concentration of platelets to 10 times more growth factors than normal plasma.
    — Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Nutrients and protein growth factors are added to foster the growth of animal muscle without the need for any additional animals.
    — Neal Barnard, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The growth factor and large capitalization stocks outperformed (i.e. fell less than) the value factor and small capitalization stocks.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

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