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Recent Examples of incontinence
The 14 services that require prior authorization during this pilot include steroid injections for pain management and incontinence-control devices.
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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
Bedrooms will have a direct line of sight to the toilet, which can help prevent incontinence.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
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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
Bedrooms will have a direct line of sight to the toilet, which can help prevent incontinence.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontinence
Noun
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One of the things that struck him the most about the place was the lack of sunlight, and the excess of artificial lighting.—
Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
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Trump supporters are calling out his excesses, while suburban moms join ICE Watch groups.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 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
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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
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Some of their most captivating dishes are the result of complete acts of wildness, with many racing from idea to fruition in the hours before service.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rodriguez, who has been out with injuries since July 2024, attributed the wildness to the emotions of returning to the mound.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Usually, such situations are due to some sort of island sickness or reward feast over-indulgence after weeks of not eating normal food.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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While Silversea and Seabourn straddle the line between luxury and expedition, a pair of high‑end specialists cater directly to travelers seeking adventure wrapped in indulgence.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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There’s a real casualness with Robby.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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If empires could assign names to vast mountain ranges—Hindu Kush, from the Persian kushtan, to kill—with administrative casualness, as if naming could override geological fact, why not render those summits as battered cookware?—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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 22 Mar. 2026.
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