microenvironment

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Recent Examples of microenvironment 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 Studying the microenvironment – the local conditions surrounding the body, including temperature, humidity and microbial activity – can reveal crucial information about the decomposition process. Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 Armed with this knowledge, today’s cancer researchers and oncologists are turning their attention toward precision medicine, which involves treatments tailored to an individual’s genetics and lifestyle, as well as the cellular and molecular characteristics of the tumor and its microenvironment. Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024 The cells either sequester or export nitric oxide, depending on oxygen traffic between them and tissue in the microenvironment. Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for microenvironment
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Noun
  • Having doubled in strength in less than a day, Erick churned through an ideal environment for quick intensification.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
  • Place the container or bag in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator, and close the vent to create a humid environment.
    Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • In both his fiction, including the ravishing short-story collection Maggie Brown & Others, and his essays, Orner mulls over his experiences growing up Jewish in Chicago and its North Shore suburbs, a milieu rife with struggle, longing, anger, secrets, lies, and love.
    Donna Seaman June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
  • For a different milieu only a few blocks away, Misuta Chow’s specializes in Japanese street food, such as tasty sesame noodles, miso-spiced deviled eggs and ramen.
    David Allan, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • To offer some context, there are 74 games in an IPL season.
    Paul Newman, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • Same Instinct, Different Canvas Personalization isn’t new; the context is.
    Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • This reality has sparked legitimate concerns about AI undermining climate progress.
    Tenzin Seldon, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • And although the show avoids preachy comparisons between its well-off, white climate refugees and their less privileged present-day counterparts, there’s plenty to notice about the international community’s indifference to the plight of the stateless.
    Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The heat dome, defined as a high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere that traps heat and moisture below, is being driven by seasonal weather patterns and moisture pulled from the Gulf of Mexico.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • In this case, rapid, intense flash of electromagnetic energy were strong enough to ionize Earth's upper atmosphere and disrupt radio signals on the sunlit side of the planet, according to Space.com.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • However, when the driver arrived at the location, nobody was there and all calls to Salinas' phone went to voicemail.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Representatives for Emory University Hospital, where Newkirk has been hospitalized at the Midtown location, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on June 17.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Unlike many other raptors that rely on sudden ambush attacks, the gyrfalcon excels at long chases across tundra and icy terrain, often locking onto prey and keeping pursuit until the target is exhausted.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • At the same time, urban development continues to expand into steep, hazard-prone terrain, exposing more people and infrastructure to evolving risks.
    Brian J. Yanites, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • By 1913 Henry Ford’s moving-belt assembly line cut build time to 93 minutes, and cheap Texas oil kept the tank full, turning personal mobility from luxury to the default setting.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
  • The evidence for how to have safe and effective abortions outside the clinical setting was waiting for them.
    Liana Simstrom, NPR, 22 June 2025

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“Microenvironment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microenvironment. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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