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Recent Examples of incontinence
Involuntary urination is a scary condition for most people, and specific medical issues, stress or aging can lead to incontinence.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
The 14 services that require prior authorization during this pilot include steroid injections for pain management and incontinence-control devices.
—Grace MacKleby, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
The pad is 12 inches by 30 inches and has a latex-free cover that’s fluid-proof for incontinence.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Each small room has its own bathroom, allowing dignity and privacy for older adults who struggle with incontinence.
—Aaron Bolton, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
The 14 services that require prior authorization during this pilot include steroid injections for pain management and incontinence-control devices.
—Grace MacKleby, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
The pad is 12 inches by 30 inches and has a latex-free cover that’s fluid-proof for incontinence.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Each small room has its own bathroom, allowing dignity and privacy for older adults who struggle with incontinence.
—Aaron Bolton, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontinence
Noun
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Flying private has long been synonymous with excess.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Apr. 2026
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And yet, in placing new context and bodies inside the suit of ’80s excess, The Jellicle Ball reinvents it.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year in our great nation and especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once-wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year, especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The power to issue absolute pardons, explicitly stipulated in the founding document, has been exploited with bipartisan intemperance.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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But in 1832, people believed cholera was linked to intemperance and vice, which were thought to weaken the body.—
William E. Watson,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Grace’s playfully feral wantonness is funny and bewitching, but her schtick loses its luster for Jackson, who takes a job that keeps him away from home, leaving her with the baby.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Red Sox erased the lead in the bottom of the second, as Vásquez caught a bit of the wildness.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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McGonigle kept the line moving as the Tigers took advantage of Nick Pivetta's wildness in support of two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Amid such a tumult of exertion and indulgence, the art of directing may seem like an afterthought or a footnote to the sheer volume of creative work that occurs even when the camera isn’t rolling.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The MorphoScan’s measurements ebbed and flowed from day to day as expected, with my weight dropping the day after a cardio workout and increasing after a weekend of indulgence.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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The house did not have a European or East Coast seriousness, but rather a Californian dimension rooted in casualness, improvisation, and lack of pretension.—
Rem Koolhaas,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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In beach towns or summer destinations, hats and tank tops can be more about comfort than casualness, prompting some to wonder how consistently the rules can be enforced.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Some of this unprecedented editorial permissiveness can be attributed to the disappearance of a stable moral consensus to bind the ruling class to its subjects, who have come to develop the conviction that the Establishment has nothing good to say for itself.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The suggestion, in other words, is that the chatbot should err on the side of permissiveness in response to user prompts for erotic material.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Incontinence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontinence. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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