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Recent Examples of dilation
Physical changes which happen during menopause that have to do with dilation or constriction of the blood vessels and impact body temperature are known as vasomotor symptoms.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
The receptors control constriction and dilation in the smooth muscle fibers in the walls of these blood vessels.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Vaginal dilation therapy, sometimes followed by surgery, can allow patients to have normal reproductive function.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
All participants were already being monitored for existing aneurysms or early aortic dilations.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
The receptors control constriction and dilation in the smooth muscle fibers in the walls of these blood vessels.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Vaginal dilation therapy, sometimes followed by surgery, can allow patients to have normal reproductive function.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
All participants were already being monitored for existing aneurysms or early aortic dilations.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilation
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In today’s environment, dispersion between winners and losers is widening, creating a fertile landscape for alpha generation.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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To address the challenge, the researchers turned to neutron scattering.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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This phenomenon happens because blue light undergoes stronger atmospheric scattering than red light, and as a result, red is the most dominant color as sunlight passes through our atmosphere and reaches the moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Dilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilation. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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