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Within that bolus of bureaucratic bloviation are approximately 280 tax expenditures — also known as loopholes — that can be used by eligible taxpayers to legally reduce their tax burden.
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The wearable, fully disposable device provided adjustable basal and bolus insulin for up to three days for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
Could infusing an extra bolus of these cells do more harm than good?
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The wearable, fully disposable device provided adjustable basal and bolus insulin for up to three days for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
Could infusing an extra bolus of these cells do more harm than good?
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolus
Noun
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Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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This additional dose is intended to boost immunity in the short term and help control the outbreak.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The team called for more high-quality clinical trials examining long-term outcomes, optimal dosages and differences between collagen sources, such as marine, bovine and plant-based alternatives.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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In addition to toxic dosages, concerns with IV drips include infection.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Bolus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolus. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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