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Recent Examples of adjuvant
Kennedy has long falsely asserted that vaccines containing aluminum salts as an adjuvant cause health problems.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
For several months post-surgery, Larry weighed the pros and cons of adjuvant chemotherapy with fluoropyrimidines.
—Kerin Milesky, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025
Thanks to research and testing at Tulane University, a new adjuvant vaccine development could eradicate whooping cough, much like smallpox.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 27 Nov. 2024
Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is one of the most common forms of adjuvant therapy.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
For several months post-surgery, Larry weighed the pros and cons of adjuvant chemotherapy with fluoropyrimidines.
—Kerin Milesky, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025
Thanks to research and testing at Tulane University, a new adjuvant vaccine development could eradicate whooping cough, much like smallpox.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 27 Nov. 2024
Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is one of the most common forms of adjuvant therapy.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjuvant
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Small, who was a student at Lewis and an assistant freshman boys volleyball coach at Marist in 2011 when the Knights last won a conference title, is having fun in his first year at the helm.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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An assistant coach for New York from 1989-1996, Van Gundy later served as head coach of the Knicks from 1996-2001.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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Jules helps Logan manage his crush on Hannah and pushes him to be supportive of their mother who’s in rehab for the fifth time.—
Jennifer McClellan,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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The Connecticut Restaurant and Hospitality Association, the trade association representing the state’s restaurants and hotels, was especially supportive of another provision in the bill that would have allowed a portion of the sales-and-use tax to be dedicated to tourism funding.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Google is positioning the category as complementary to — rather than a replacement for — existing devices like smartphones and smartwatches.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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Equally complementary are scenes of contemporary Mexican rodeos captured by Juan Fuentes and Amanda Lopez.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Alzheimer’s disease was a significant contributory factor in Hackman’s death.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 May 2026
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The court recognizes that the concepts of contributory liability in these statutory types of IP protection share common boundaries.—
Jess Collen,
Forbes.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those seated in the gunner or engineer positions will also be treated to additional clips of Grogu via their adjacent flight panels, the young alien here portrayed as something of a playful pet of a child who is exaggeratedly chill during the commotion.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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The Siena Research Institute at Siena University and Reconnaissance Market Research (ReconMR) fielded the poll, with additional fieldwork by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The dam also blocked fish migration, essentially choking off 30 miles of the river and hundreds of miles of tributary habitat.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Athens demands that Melos become a tributary ally against Sparta and fortify its reputation for invincibility or confront destruction.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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Three — able seaman William Orren, Boy 1st Class David Young and subordinate officers' steward John Bridgens — had been aboard the HMS Erebus.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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There were four on each of the two ships in the Franklin expedition, with the best candidates being Thomas Armitage, gunroom steward, or William Gibson, subordinate officers’ steward, both of whom served on the HMS Terror.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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“Adjuvant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjuvant. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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