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Recent Examples of diseased
With research conducted in both healthy and diseased populations, ranging from menopause to ALS, Parkinson’s disease to frailty, boosting NAD+ to youthful levels has proven to have a number of benefits.
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Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
The same impulse eventually drove Gandhi from power in 1977 and in the long run opened the door to the victory of India’s current prime minister, Narendra Modi, who portrays himself as a political outsider with a mandate to cure the ills of a diseased democracy.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Specifically, researchers could use AI models to determine how specifically and potently the drug binds to known and unknown targets, the level of these targets in the body, how concentrated the drug becomes in healthy and diseased tissues, and the drug’s structural properties.
—Christian MacEdonia, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
This procedure uses focused laser energy to destroy and remove diseased tissue while leaving healthy surrounding skin intact.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
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Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
The same impulse eventually drove Gandhi from power in 1977 and in the long run opened the door to the victory of India’s current prime minister, Narendra Modi, who portrays himself as a political outsider with a mandate to cure the ills of a diseased democracy.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Specifically, researchers could use AI models to determine how specifically and potently the drug binds to known and unknown targets, the level of these targets in the body, how concentrated the drug becomes in healthy and diseased tissues, and the drug’s structural properties.
—Christian MacEdonia, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
This procedure uses focused laser energy to destroy and remove diseased tissue while leaving healthy surrounding skin intact.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diseased
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Kash Patel is set to become the latest of President Donald Trump‘s unfit and unqualified loyalists confirmed for a leadership role in Washington, with Senate Republicans ready and willing to install the QAnon promoter and 2020 election denier as the next director of the FBI.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Her letter, which was followed up by a social media post, was withering in making the case that Kennedy was unfit for the role and personal in detailing his struggles with drug addiction.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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However, there is no formal provision in canon law for an incapacitated pope, and there are no current signs that Francis is unable to govern.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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Philadelphia Eagles 22, Green Bay Packers 10 — The ailing and error-prone Packers were no match for the Eagles, who won an ugly playoff game that won't get many replays on NFL Network.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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Despite trading away Kyle Kuzma and Jonas Valanciunas earlier in the day, the ailing Washington Wizards were the clear aggressors from the opening tap and systematically dismantled Brooklyn 119-102 The Wizards opened the game on a 10-2 run and built a 21-9 lead with 5:47 left in the first quarter.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.—
Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Gazans cheer, blast music as Hamas conducts sick parade of hostages Hamas paraded Israeli hostages Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert in front of a cheering crowd Saturday, before releasing them after more than 500 days in captivity.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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In this way, the Garrett situation could already be construed as an unhealthy one for the Browns in the court of veteran quarterback opinion.—
Zac Jackson,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Another aspect of emotional eating is the process of specific cravings, usually including unhealthy, energy-dense foods.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2025
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Ted is unwell in a way that can’t be fixed by a steady stream of flashbacks.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2025
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Studies going back to 1999 have probed whether antidepressants could have addictive potential because people sometimes feel unwell after coming off of them.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
18 Feb. 2025
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Ángela, who is deaf, is surrounded by a strong community of deaf friends but struggles with pressure from her hearing parents to wear hearing aids.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2025
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Why did no one in the room think: hmm isn't this a bit tone deaf.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Despite being the first state in the country with a dedicated hospice facility, Connecticut is the only of these three states without robust infrastructure to support seriously ill children and families in their homes.—
Elizabeth Broden,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2025
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And while most people will make a full recovery after falling ill from Bacillus cereus — or not even become ill in the first place when exposed to a small amount — the bacteria can be deadly to vulnerable populations like young children and the elderly as well as those who are immunocompromised.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Diseased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diseased. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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