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cancers

noun

plural of cancer
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as in diseases

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as in malignancies

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Recent Examples of cancers Now researchers are investigating whether certain cancers, such as breast cancer, could be added to that list. — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 8 June 2026 Over time, follow-on R&D added over 40 indications across numerous cancers — including early-stage applications that allow treatment to begin before cancer worsens. — Tomas J. Philipson, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026 Lung and breast cancers showed the biggest reductions Researchers found lower rates of cancer progression in six of the seven cancer types studied among patients taking GLP-1 drugs. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 23 May 2026 Researchers found that patients who took GLP-1 drugs appeared to have lower rates of metastatic progression in all of the cancers except for kidney cancer. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Some studies have linked higher PFAS exposure to a higher risk of certain cancers, including colorectal cancer. — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 20 May 2026 Because some breast cancers require estrogen to grow, removing the ovaries may slow or even stop the growth of breast cancer cells. — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 15 May 2026 In recent years, research has increasingly linked even low levels of drinking to higher risks of several cancers, including breast and colorectal cancer. — Angela Haupt, Time, 8 May 2026 Advances in science in recent years have made many cancers more treatable and survivable — but not colorectal cancer, which has become more lethal, striking people at younger ages. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
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  1. diseases
  2. rot
  3. viruses
  4. perversions
Noun
  • Cuts to public agencies have coincided with outbreaks of infectious and foodborne diseases, to the point that the administration is trying to manipulate numbers to hide measles deaths.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Getting enough of that sweet, sweet dream sleep guarded against 83 different conditions, including cardiovascular diseases and various metabolic and psychiatric outcomes.
    — Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of diseases
Noun
  • Hossain and her collaborators have conjured an internalized hellscape marked by sensual photography, gnarly cyst makeup, and suffocating matrimonial rituals involving turmeric and milk — all redolent with upper-class heteronormative rot.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Interestingly, though, Oppenheim doesn’t see the media as inherently corrupting; in Primetime, television is simply an empty space, and the desperation to fill it with the lowest common denominator is where the rots starts to set in.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of rot
Noun
  • The cocktail neutralized viruses representing both major Nipah strains as well as Hendra virus, demonstrating broad activity across multiple members of the henipavirus family.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • There is no treatment for these viruses, and the plants should be removed and discarded to help prevent the spread of the virus.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
Definition of viruses
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  • But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Definition of perversions

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“Cancers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancers. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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