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Recent Examples of alveolar
Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, in 2018.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Inside our lungs, white blood cells called alveolar macrophages work to keep the airways clean by engulfing and digesting debris, including dust and dead cells.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2015
Some of the most common causes include lung damage from congestive heart failure, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, and viral pneumonia.49
Congestive Heart Failure
Heart failure occurs if your heart is unable to pump blood throughout your body efficiently.
—Leah Groth, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, in 2018.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Inside our lungs, white blood cells called alveolar macrophages work to keep the airways clean by engulfing and digesting debris, including dust and dead cells.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2015
Some of the most common causes include lung damage from congestive heart failure, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, and viral pneumonia.49
Congestive Heart Failure
Heart failure occurs if your heart is unable to pump blood throughout your body efficiently.
—Leah Groth, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alveolar
Adjective
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The Silencio sequence marks a reality-shattering crescendo to Lynch’s film — and an emotional crest, with leads Naomi Watts and Laura Harring both bursting into tears while viewing Del Rio’s performance in the cavernous club.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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Over the fence, folks can spy the cavernous stage and the scaffolding above for the technical crew still in place, and that sparks memories.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Some who craft epigrammatic verse can sound hollow, like slamming together tins in hopes that someone will infer meaning from the noise.—
Nick Ripatrazone
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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So much corporate messaging sounds completely hollow.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 July 2025
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High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
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“Alveolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alveolar. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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