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Recent Examples of spastic Gavin has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and is non-mobile and non-verbal and the Anderson home needs major — and very expensive — renovations to make the house more comfortable for him, his family said. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024 Like, ‘My sporadic, spastic, impulsive, potentially treacherous ideas? Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024 Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood. Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023 The experts there diagnosed the problem as spastic cerebral palsy, which affects muscle tone, movement, and coordination. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 31 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for spastic 
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Adjective
  • Bird flu viruses typically don’t infect humans, aside from sporadic cases in people who have close contact with infected animals.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Light, sporadic snow will continue in the Denver area through Sunday, forecasters said.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Breathe Better Air pollution hides inside our homes, causing health effects ranging from the occasional sneeze to chronic respiratory issues.
    Anna Haines, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Now, some are beginning to ask for the occasional update on Steinfeld when the Bills play.
    Kellis Robinett, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But, an approach solely focused on sudden movements could lead to so many false triggers, users would likely find the option more annoying than beneficial—and that’s where machine learning, a segment of AI focused on pattern recognition, comes into play.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes suffered sudden movement from a decades-old complex of slow-moving landslides last fall, twisting roads and putting multimillion-dollar homes on the brink of destruction.
    Karina Tsui, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Situated only a hefty clearance from the Manchester Ship Canal, the ground, complete with a two-storey clubhouse, 250-seat stand and even a commentators’ box, has since had intermittent use from various Sunday League sides and most recently an under-18s team managed by YouTuber ‘Angry Ginge’.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Such moments of creative exhilaration were intermittent adornments of a diffuse slog.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Biden appeared unsteady, his responses erratic, his voice a hoarse whisper.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The mountains can also make the winds more erratic because additional whirls of wind, known as wind eddies, can form as the air moves across the peaks and through the canyons.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Spastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spastic. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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