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Recent Examples of bovine
The first step to doing that, says Cornell associate professor Joseph McFadden, is to get good measurements of bovine methane in the first place.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2024
That common theme is one of the biggest problems with bovine colostrum research: Overall, the studies tend to be…not great.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
Our gentle, bovine Brian tears up and walks away from the table, followed by our patriot, Jake.
—Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
The ingredient, which is derived from bovine colostrum and is often referred to as liquid gold, has gained notoriety for its many benefit claims, which have included gut, skin and immune health.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2024
That common theme is one of the biggest problems with bovine colostrum research: Overall, the studies tend to be…not great.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
Our gentle, bovine Brian tears up and walks away from the table, followed by our patriot, Jake.
—Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
The ingredient, which is derived from bovine colostrum and is often referred to as liquid gold, has gained notoriety for its many benefit claims, which have included gut, skin and immune health.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bovine
Adjective
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Sante is phlegmatic when asked if Substack is doing anything strictly new.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
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Capper struck me as phlegmatic about the power of the supermarkets.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
4 May 2024
Adjective
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Though deBessonet’s production strips away a lot of the bunting, Ragtime has a stolid and demonstrative core and an educational tone worthy of EPCOT.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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But the drama can be very stolid, borderline dull at times.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Modern buildings go up in the impassive lunar desert.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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But the most spectacular aspect of Nuestra Tierra may be its use of drone camerawork, and the way Martel uses the unsettling stillness of a drone as the eye of an impassive god, looking down at the wrongs carried out by those on the ground.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The book’s accumulation of data, cases, and documentation of censorship, surveillance, and harassment, presented in a clinical and dispassionate tone, paints a damning picture.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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Carr, who apparently reacted to Kimmel's suspension last week by sending a GIF of TV characters doing a celebratory dance to a journalist, yesterday described his role at the FCC as that of a dispassionate arbiter.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the house is also a benignly indifferent witness to the happiness and the strife that occur within its walls—and to the heartbreaking transience of human lives.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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True to New York grit, the owner of a corner bodega and smoke shop remained indifferent, leaning on the counter, unfazed.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Martell said the tone wasn’t hostile, just detached.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The detached house was built in 2013 and has a living area of 3,186 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Discerning viewers flock to the Greek filmmaker’s parables about family dynamics and power struggles to marinate in his deadpan humor, his aloof and somewhat anthropological look at human behavior, and the sight of Emma Stone inevitably doing something odd.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Kincaid has the rare ability to shift between aloof, emotionally-distant narrators and a warm autobiographical register.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Bovine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bovine. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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