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Recent Examples of alveolar
She was diagnosed with Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer.
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Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
Covid patients can develop scar tissue and permanent changes to the alveolar walls that limit airflow even after the inflammation and fluid of an active infection has cleared.
—Hang Do Thi Duc, New York Times, 31 May 2023
Generally, cells in the lungs called alveolar macrophages will pick up the particulates and clear them out – at reasonable doses.
—Christopher T. Migliaccio, Fortune, 7 June 2023
Pollutants reaching the alveolar gas-exchanging membranes are removed by specialized cells called phagocytes and macrophages that ingest particles to move most to be carried away via lymph vessels and nodes.
—Arthur Dalley, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2019
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Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
Covid patients can develop scar tissue and permanent changes to the alveolar walls that limit airflow even after the inflammation and fluid of an active infection has cleared.
—Hang Do Thi Duc, New York Times, 31 May 2023
Generally, cells in the lungs called alveolar macrophages will pick up the particulates and clear them out – at reasonable doses.
—Christopher T. Migliaccio, Fortune, 7 June 2023
Pollutants reaching the alveolar gas-exchanging membranes are removed by specialized cells called phagocytes and macrophages that ingest particles to move most to be carried away via lymph vessels and nodes.
—Arthur Dalley, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2019
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Up Close With The Queen When on display at Madrid’s cavernous Prado Museum–roughly akin in size to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.–Queen Mariana of Austria hangs in a large gallery nearby an even bigger Velázquez masterpiece, Las Meninas, his most famed artwork.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The first feeling of entering the cathedral can be overwhelming, as the crowds are so big and the architecture seems so cavernous and complex.Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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There’s a hollow separator in the center, which can be filled with water and frozen in order to keep two bottles cold on the go.Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
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There was also one loose nine-millimeter hollow point round.Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The objects have handles attached to either a concave bowl or a flat disk, measuring 10 to 20 millimeters across.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Underneath are two concave rubber pads to grip the frame without the worry of scratching it up and are cinched down with mini TPU straps.Matt Beer, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
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“Alveolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alveolar. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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