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Recent Examples of microenvironment
The cells either sequester or export nitric oxide, depending on oxygen traffic between them and tissue in the microenvironment.
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Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024
When tumor cells switch to glycolic respiration, a byproduct makes the tumor microenvironment acidic.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
By reducing toxins, inflammatory particles and viral particles in your plasma, a pristine microenvironment is formed which lends itself to better healing, less inflammation, and slower aging.
RMI measures a patient’s progress in a number of ways.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
Factors other than mutation, such as epigenetic changes (alterations in how a gene is expressed) in a primary tumor cell—or the details of its microenvironment—were more likely to blame for metastasis.
—Jeffrey P. Townsend, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
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Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024
When tumor cells switch to glycolic respiration, a byproduct makes the tumor microenvironment acidic.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
By reducing toxins, inflammatory particles and viral particles in your plasma, a pristine microenvironment is formed which lends itself to better healing, less inflammation, and slower aging.
RMI measures a patient’s progress in a number of ways.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
Factors other than mutation, such as epigenetic changes (alterations in how a gene is expressed) in a primary tumor cell—or the details of its microenvironment—were more likely to blame for metastasis.
—Jeffrey P. Townsend, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microenvironment
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If all goes well, eventually the bugs could become a key step in wastewater treatment plants, removing PFAS before the water is released to the environment.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
9 Feb. 2025
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There’s a warmth and a patina to Alief that Navis wanted to stress as a home base, but also some genuine cowboy, Southwest aesthetic that was part of the fun of other environments Mo ends up in.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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By the ’90s, as the AIDS epidemic devastated precisely the artistic and LGBT+ communities that made up Atlas’s milieu, much of his work became forged by a sense of loss, danger, and violence.—
Beatrice Loayza,
ARTnews.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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The song is a cheeky touch, but also a nod to Daryle’s milieu: a lowbrow America of swamp tours, chain motels, and motorcycle shops.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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The festival features more than 500 presentations and films, along with home tours of some of the area’s most notable residences, while highlighting key architects and historical context.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
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Despite the widely differing contexts of these conflicts, belligerents in all of them have used strategic bombing for a similar purpose: to destroy morale and incapacitate an adversary’s ability to wage war.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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Part of the study's task is defining a system to calculate the appropriate levies for each country, taking into account factors like the regulatory regime, the business climate, existing tariffs, and whether there's a VAT in place.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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Surprisingly, the tropical climate didn’t pose any great difficulty to a guy covered head to toe in fur.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2025
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For the eleventh time, the Super Bowl will be played in the Big Easy, but the normally festive atmosphere will include a somber tribute to the victims and the heroes of the New Year's Day tragedy.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Those are caused when the atmosphere picks up moisture from open water and then dumps it back on land in the form of snow.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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Known for pink sand and warm, crystal-clear waters, this spot on the island’s southwest coast is a prime location in May and September when visitors will have more peace and quiet before and after the peak summer crowds.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that the Colorado union also walked out on February 14, just hours before the Manhattan and Brooklyn locations joined them.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Nothing in this quiet hothouse of youthful desires, mean-girl tensions and hovering Catholic guilt qualifies as especially new terrain, but the film’s dreamy-yet-gawky carnality and honestly juvenile point of view feel fresh just the same.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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There are times, in professional settings, when a compliment on it might work out.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Denver Post,
9 Feb. 2025
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And, of course, elaborate wigs, erstwhile societal norms, and sumptuous settings.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Microenvironment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microenvironment. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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