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Recent Examples of connective from the Web
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Your brain’s white matter can be thought of as its connective tissue.
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These are larger ribs, with the meat situated between the bones rather than on top, and there’s a lot more marbling and connective tissue.
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Scleroderma is an autoimmune, rheumatic disease of the connective tissue that affects an estimated 300,000 Americans in all forms, according to the Scleroderma Foundation.
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Mason Plumlee (restricted) Plumlee has a lot of the big-picture skills (finishing, shot-blocking, frontcourt playmaking) that teams crave but is missing some of the connective tissue that would elevate his game.
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A woman in her 60s with an autoimmune disease, mixed connective tissue disease, and degenerative arthritis, was diagnosed with chronic Lyme and underwent more than 10 years of alternative therapies.
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Ahuja’s large oils on canvas could not be more personal — self-portraiture provides a connective thread.
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The cause was liposarcoma, a rare cancer of the connective tissues, his daughter Sarah Brooker said.
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But NASCAR’s homespun roots provide important connective tissue between past and present.
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First Known Use of connective
circa 1660
connective
Definition of connective
: something that connects: such asa : a linguistic form that connects words or word groupsb : a logical term (such as or, if-then, and, not) or a symbol for it that relates propositions in such a way that the truth or falsity of the resulting statement is determined by the truth or falsity of the components
First Known Use of connective
1751
CONNECTIVE Defined for English Language Learners
connective
Definition of connective for English Language Learners
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grammar : a word (such as and ) that connects words or groups of words
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