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Recent Examples of bolus
Unlike human pesticides, though, termite boluses were not lethal to the weed.
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ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2025
Within that bolus of bureaucratic bloviation are approximately 280 tax expenditures — also known as loopholes — that can be used by eligible taxpayers to legally reduce their tax burden.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The wearable, fully disposable device provided adjustable basal and bolus insulin for up to three days for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2025
Within that bolus of bureaucratic bloviation are approximately 280 tax expenditures — also known as loopholes — that can be used by eligible taxpayers to legally reduce their tax burden.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The wearable, fully disposable device provided adjustable basal and bolus insulin for up to three days for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolus
Noun
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Babies age 6 to 11 months who are traveling internationally should get one dose of the measles vaccine, according to the CDC, and then two doses after their first birthday based on the routine vaccine schedule.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Instead, Moderna used the smaller trial to compare immune responses of mRNA-1010 to a high-dose vaccine—which was a plan the FDA had previously agreed would be acceptable.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The researchers caution that dosage remains critical.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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Hermès was one of the first brands to adopt and utilize the zipper while Laurent-Perrier became an early adopter of zero dosage (no sugar) and the first house to introduce a rosé from maceration (known as saignée-style rosé).—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Bolus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolus. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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