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a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley
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Recent Examples of cataract
The research found an appendectomy in the same hospital can cost as much as 32 times on the upper end what that facility’s lowest cost is for the service; cataract surgery can cost nine times and cesareans eight times the lowest cost at the same facility.
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
May reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses; some people may not need these visual aids at all
Lasers also are used in other types of surgery, including those to treat cataracts.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
These cataracts may develop more quickly and cause symptoms to develop sooner.3
Blurry Vision
A common symptom of cataracts is hazy, cloudy, or blurry vision.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
It is thought to raise cancer risk, affect the central nervous system, increase degenerative effects like heart disease and cataracts, and change the immune system.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
May reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses; some people may not need these visual aids at all
Lasers also are used in other types of surgery, including those to treat cataracts.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
These cataracts may develop more quickly and cause symptoms to develop sooner.3
Blurry Vision
A common symptom of cataracts is hazy, cloudy, or blurry vision.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
It is thought to raise cancer risk, affect the central nervous system, increase degenerative effects like heart disease and cataracts, and change the immune system.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cataract
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Six world-class interior designers were given a blank canvas to create their interiors, and the results are strikingly different, from Luca Dini’s waterfall through the superyacht’s two-level beach club to the large picture windows on the interior salon by Francois Zuretti.Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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This waterfall hike, a rarity for the area, winds along the park boundary.Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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Questions about the state’s rehab capacity also remain, if Proposition 36 works as intended and adds a flood of people into the treatment pipeline.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The risks are piling up, from a flood of low-quality content and MFA (made-for-advertising) websites to fake celebrities and AI-generated deepfakes that cost one business $25 million in losses.Ivan Guzenko, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Colorado Ballet ballerinas from left to right Izzy Crouch, Julianna Frank, middle and Callie Black, pose with guests Any Skinner and Richard Brandon as well as Santa and Mrs Claus for photos during the 36th annual champagne cascade at the Brown Palace hotel in Denver on Nov. 10, 2024.Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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As the cell’s clean-up crew attempts to remove the clumps, a leading theory suggests that the abnormal tau induces phosphorylation in additional proteins leading to a cascade of neurodegeneration.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Near ubiquitous, however, is consternation about the election process as a whole, with Pennsylvania being Ground Zero for an unyielding torrent of partisan propaganda.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Judging from the torrent of polling divinations, spirited debate and reportage dedicated to the potential ballot choices of our sons, brothers, husbands and uncles, women’s voting trends must be stagnant or just simpler, right?Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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