cerebral palsy

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Recent Examples of cerebral palsy Hills, who has cerebral palsy, launched her business, The Dazey Hills Company, in January 2019 in Southampton, UK, representing about 10 local actors while working on a production job for a Hollywood movie filmed in the UK. Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Born with mild cerebral palsy and a connective tissue disorder known as Marfan Syndrome, the 25-year-old ceramicist spent his adolescence in physical therapy working with putty and Play-Doh to build up dexterity and motor control. David Nash, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025 He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy from the brain injury and had a feeding tube placed. Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2025 Renee Christian, a single mom with cerebral palsy, lives in Buffalo, New York, with her 12-year-old daughter. Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cerebral palsy
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Noun
  • More than 50 million Americans live with an autoimmune disease, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis, and that number continues to grow.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Treg cells also control internal revolt in the form of an overactive immune response by other immune cells that can trigger allergies and autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis – diseases that develop when Treg cells are defective in either number, function or both.
    Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lecornu’s resignation underscores the paralysis that has gripped France since those inconclusive 2024 elections left no party with an outright majority.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Ray used a wheelchair during his life due to paralysis.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms can include a rash and flu-like symptoms, with some people going on to experience arthritis, facial palsy, pain, irregular heartbeats and other worsening symptoms.
    Grace Gavilanes, People.com, 31 July 2025
  • The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025

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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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