alveolar

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Recent Examples of alveolar 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 She was diagnosed with Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer. Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for alveolar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alveolar
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Equally hollow are the claims that his proposal is low risk.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
  • Most of the other obvious yuks are flashy and hollow: Of course M3GAN will dance.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Jan, 2022 Was the mask sandwiched between concave and convex metal electrodes?
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Sep. 2020

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“Alveolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alveolar. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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