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Recent Examples of countercurrent
The arrangement functions as a countercurrent heat exchanger, warming blood in the veins and cooling blood in the arteries.
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
And with it, there emerged an acid countercurrent.
—David Van Biema, Time, 31 Dec. 2022
These birds rely on what’s called a countercurrent exchange to keep their feet from freezing.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
Everything down to a layer of fat under their paw pads to keep their feet from freezing and a specialized circulatory mechanism called a countercurrent heat exchanger.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
While tech venture funding falters and big tech companies contract, a countercurrent is pushing new kinds of technology into the global economy, promising a paroxysm of productivity unseen since the advent of the Internet.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
This countercurrent heat exchange allows the core of the body to remain warm while limiting heat loss when the extremities are cold, but not so cold that tissue damage occurs.
—Bridget B. Baker, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2019
For instance, countercurrent circulation evolved independently in totally unrelated organisms as a simple and efficient way to exchange heat, oxygen, and ions.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
And with it, there emerged an acid countercurrent.
—David Van Biema, Time, 31 Dec. 2022
These birds rely on what’s called a countercurrent exchange to keep their feet from freezing.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
Everything down to a layer of fat under their paw pads to keep their feet from freezing and a specialized circulatory mechanism called a countercurrent heat exchanger.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
While tech venture funding falters and big tech companies contract, a countercurrent is pushing new kinds of technology into the global economy, promising a paroxysm of productivity unseen since the advent of the Internet.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
This countercurrent heat exchange allows the core of the body to remain warm while limiting heat loss when the extremities are cold, but not so cold that tissue damage occurs.
—Bridget B. Baker, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2019
For instance, countercurrent circulation evolved independently in totally unrelated organisms as a simple and efficient way to exchange heat, oxygen, and ions.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countercurrent
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This average hid an important countertrend.Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
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Yet as Andrés Spokoiny, president and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, explains, NJPS also gave rise to a countertrend: deliberate policies of welcoming and attracting intermarried families.Andrew Silow-Carroll, sun-sentinel.com, 11 May 2021
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It’s laced with the right tenor and amount of paranoia and ends on an unsettling note.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
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That’s why a noirish tenor sax snakes through the suite’s middle (played with languorous sensuality by PRISM Quartet’s Timothy McAllister), set to a lyre-like harp accompaniment.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2024
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According to Jason Zweig in Your Money & Your Brain, this propensity to look for patterns is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism since our primitive brains were tuned to the immutable physical laws of nature, like when lightning strikes, thunder follows.Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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These states and Georgia are all considered swing states crucial to deciding the winner of the 2024 election given their propensity to shift between Democrat and Republican candidates.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Despite the drama and emotion her songs inspire, Rapp's 40-minute set had an undeniable undercurrent of fun.Deborah Sengupta Stith, Mars Salazar, Lily Kepner, Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Oct. 2024
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This sentimental—and almost mystical—lens is an undercurrent for the entire collection.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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Establish small, meaningful habits that align with your goals, such as: Running or walking daily, focusing on the act rather than the outcome.Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Don't let these bad habits lead to expensive plumbing repairs.Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Spread over one level with soaring ceilings, elevated finishes and custom light fixtures, the home sprawls over more than 21,700 square feet and has seven bedrooms, nine full bathrooms, and two half bathrooms.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rooms are chic with custom furnishings, plus front porches with hammocks are great for lounging around after a day of wine tasting.Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Regression to the mean is a universal undertow in sports and in life.Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Blackness tugs at the corners of her vision, an undertow from every direction.Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Countercurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countercurrent. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.
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