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Recounting her life to a pet garden snail, Grace confesses many hardships, which range from being born with a cleft palate, suffering a lack of companionship and going through adoption separation from her brother (Kodi Smit-McPhee).
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Cartilage transplants are central to many procedures, being used to fix cleft palates, correct missing or misshapen ears, or to repair damage to someone’s larynx caused by cancer.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Most developmental defects happen in the first trimester of pregnancy; for example, cleft palate, a potentially debilitating birth defect, occurs sometime before week nine for reasons that scientists don’t yet understand.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Elliot’s mother had a bit of the hoarding tendencies evinced by his lead character, who grew up with a cleft palate.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Cartilage transplants are central to many procedures, being used to fix cleft palates, correct missing or misshapen ears, or to repair damage to someone’s larynx caused by cancer.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Most developmental defects happen in the first trimester of pregnancy; for example, cleft palate, a potentially debilitating birth defect, occurs sometime before week nine for reasons that scientists don’t yet understand.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Elliot’s mother had a bit of the hoarding tendencies evinced by his lead character, who grew up with a cleft palate.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for cleft palate
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“Cleft palate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleft%20palate. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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