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Recent Examples of inhibitor
In the meantime, most utilities will continue to treat their water with corrosion inhibitors — compounds that help prevent plumbing from leaching large amounts of lead into people’s tap water.
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2025
The team gave the inhibitor for two weeks to mice that had the LRRK2 mutation (and show symptoms consistent with early Parkinson's disease)—to no effect.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Ukrainian soldiers conduct mortar training, as members of the anti-drone unit test an inhibitor earlier this month.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 27 May 2025
These include serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), such as Cymbalta (duloxetine) and Effexor (venlafaxine).7
How To Tell the Difference Between Anxiety and High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure and anxiety have differences.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 15 May 2025
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2025
The team gave the inhibitor for two weeks to mice that had the LRRK2 mutation (and show symptoms consistent with early Parkinson's disease)—to no effect.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Ukrainian soldiers conduct mortar training, as members of the anti-drone unit test an inhibitor earlier this month.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 27 May 2025
These include serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), such as Cymbalta (duloxetine) and Effexor (venlafaxine).7
How To Tell the Difference Between Anxiety and High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure and anxiety have differences.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhibitor
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Wind giant Ørsted sues White House Energy giant Ørsted and two US states sued the White House over its obstruction of a near-complete offshore wind farm, part of the administration’s move away from renewables.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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O'Dell pleaded guilty earlier this year to arson, damage to religious property and obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The difficulty in getting rid of players other than those whose contracts expired this summer (Luka Modric, Lucas Vazquez and Jesus Vallejo) was a significant obstacle.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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To overcome this obstacle, the MIT team employed lithium-6 atoms, a rare isotope whose resonance frequency shifts depending on temperature.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Americans for Prosperity ― Ogles' former employer and that of many of his congressional staff ― is a political special interest group that advocates for limited government, free markets and fiscal restraint.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Algorithmic Literacy requires genuine technical comprehension of AI capabilities, constraints, and ethical implications.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather told Axios that resource constraints complicate efforts to intervene earlier.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Through his limited liability company, KL2 Aspire, Leonard agreed to a four-year, $28 million endorsement deal with Aspiration in 2022.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rather than take a chance with a jury, the state of Michigan decided to settle the case, but without admitting liability.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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For the defending Champions League winners, ending Chelsea’s six-year stranglehold on the Women’s Super League title is the ultimate aim.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Can either team end the Kansas City Chiefs' stranglehold on the AFC?—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Inhibitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhibitor. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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