How to Use under the skin in a Sentence
under the skin
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For a few centimeters, one of your body’s main electrical cables runs just under the skin, pressed against bone.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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Replacing yellow fat cells under the skin, lost with aging, makes skin look more luminous.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
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The technique targets fluid movement just under the skin rather than the muscle layer, which is why pressure stays deliberately light throughout.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
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While the cyclops and the sirens are reliable crowd-pleasers, few sequences nestle under the skin like the one belonging to Samantha Morton’s Circe.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 July 2026
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Years from now, Vivani Medical believes a tiny GLP-1 implant placed under the skin could help address that problem.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 July 2026
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The procedure would take a few minutes in a doctor's office using local anesthesia, with the implant inserted under the skin of the upper arm or possibly other areas like the abdomen.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 July 2026
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The two-part procedure involves implanting thin electrodes into precise areas of the brain linked to Tourette symptoms, then connecting them under the skin to a pulse generator near the collarbone.
—Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 3 July 2026
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Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that can cause a vibriosis infection, which in some cases can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, a fast-spreading bacterial infection of the tissue under the skin that appears to eat away at the body.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
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This type of fat distribution is associated with a higher risk for developing conditions such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as opposed to subcutaneous fat, which is directly under the skin.
—Crystal Gwizdala, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
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In late 2024, the FDA approved Opdivo Qvantig, a new formulation that combines nivolumab with hyaluronidase, allowing many patients to receive the same medicine as a three- to five-minute injection under the skin rather than a 30-minute IV infusion.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
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