microenvironment

Definition of microenvironmentnext

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Recent Examples of microenvironment Their presence in both habitats suggests the species occupies a range of microenvironments within its canyon home. Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026 Reprogrammed macrophages also alter the tumor microenvironment, activating other immune cells. William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026 Instead, researchers use intact microfat tissue, preserving its natural cellular diversity and microenvironment. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026 This means phytoplankton can establish a microenvironment in the water around them. Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microenvironment
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Noun
  • This is the latest edition of Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment in the American West.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • From Lowell to Los Angeles, there are coast to coast concerns about what these data centers can do to the environment.
    David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Just the extent to which Friedkin and former undercover cop Randy Jurgensen, who served as an advisor, immersed themselves in the gay fetish milieu while developing the project makes for juicy insights.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • Gleaning from context clues, French fries is season 8’s code for hand and/or mouth stuff.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • That context appeared central to Ossoff's message.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Sacramento County climate programs could face funding uncertainty as state officials sort out how Cap-and-Invest changes will affect revenue that supports local air quality, housing and transportation projects.
    Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • Topography and shifting climates had broken up these populations into different habitats, allowing each to evolve into distinct species.
    Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The facilities also contribute to fossil fuel emissions, with Cornell University researchers estimating last year that AI growth could add 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually by 2030.
    Katie King, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • Adults can savor diverse cuisine at three restaurants—traditional, modern, and artisanal—while enjoying the resort's exceptional value and intimate atmosphere.
    Chelsea Adams, USA Today, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • In the months since, the strait has seen intense GPS spoofing — a form of navigation systems interference that causes vessels’ broadcast positions to appear in the wrong locations.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Police were led to a second location, a home near 16th Street and Kensington Avenue in Kansas City, but investigators did not locate the man their either after another standoff.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Yet the latest round of fighting has underscored the group’s resilience, dragging Lebanon into a regional war and drawing the Israeli military back to a familiar southern Lebanon terrain.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Not everyone who sees the Chicks out on the road this year will necessarily get them in quite as perfect a setting as the Yaamava’ Theater.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2026

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“Microenvironment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microenvironment. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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