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Recent Examples of microenvironment
Working with the spleens of primates (macaques), the team engineered microenvironments within the test organs to support human pancreatic islets.
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Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
The shaded recesses are intended to help regulate temperature by providing cooler, more stable microenvironments.
—Sara Pezeshk, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
How Tumors Tamper with T Cell Energy To understand what might be going wrong, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine turned to the tumor microenvironment for clues.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Along with its many tricks to avoid detection, tumors build microenvironments around themselves that are toxic to immune cells, draining them of energy.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024
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Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
The shaded recesses are intended to help regulate temperature by providing cooler, more stable microenvironments.
—Sara Pezeshk, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
How Tumors Tamper with T Cell Energy To understand what might be going wrong, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine turned to the tumor microenvironment for clues.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Along with its many tricks to avoid detection, tumors build microenvironments around themselves that are toxic to immune cells, draining them of energy.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microenvironment
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft robotic skin that allows vine-like robots just a few millimeters wide to navigate tight and fragile environments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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But the fact that the Hoosiers could go into a raucous environment like Autzen Stadium and beat the Ducks by double digits without their quarterback being a superhero says a lot about their overall talent level.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t Punchline, but the milieu is an ideal backdrop, and the idea of standing on stage and finding yourself in the process is inspired.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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The movie gives the distinct sense of a quick, unfussy shoot with an easygoing sense of community — on the set, in the stand-up milieu and among Tess and Alex’s friends and family.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the context of AI…enterprise AI will follow a familiar path as previous technological waves.—
Nick Tzitzon,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Even when companies move quickly to patch vulnerabilities, clever attackers find new ways to exploit integrations and context memory.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Given that the host cities for next year’s World Cup stretch from Vancouver to Mexico City, adapting to different climates will be essential.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Each release, however, was aged in a different warehouse in an attempt to showcase a sense of terroir that comes from the particular climate and environment in which the barrels are stored.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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Among the casualties are the region’s rich kelp forests, which contribute upwards of $52 billion to the global economy and sequester nearly a megaton of carbon from the atmosphere every year.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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Period atmosphere gets a boost from the soundtrack, which pulls together tracks from DJ Luck & MC Neat, The Midnight, Louise Browne and composer Gregory Dombrowski, who works out of Los Angeles.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately for him, Judge Arun Subramanian shot down the request as the Bureau of Prisons will accommodate general locations for sentences, but not specific prisons.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Firth’s isolated location within Ivvavik National Park—created as part of a 1984 land claim agreement and comanaged by Parks Canada and the Inuvialuit—has kept this wild waterway pristine.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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Yet cutting a 363-mile-long waterway through New York’s uneven terrain posed formidable challenges.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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The boot features a pigskin leather and mesh upper, providing breathability and waterproof protection, while the Vibram TC5+ outsole delivers reliable traction across various terrains.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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On land, louder environments like running alongside traffic might compete a little too much with talking audio – noise-canceling earbuds or over-ear headphones are better in this setting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the forest and other natural settings, termites are beneficial insects that recycle woody debris, such as dead trees, and return nutrients to the soil.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Microenvironment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microenvironment. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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