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Recent Examples of motility
The team showed that this gliding persists down to –15 degree Celsius, setting a new benchmark for cellular motility in complex, nucleus-bearing organisms.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
That can futz with gut motility, speeding up or slowing down the passage of food or causing spasms.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 27 Aug. 2025
This two-way street allows your brain to influence your gut’s functions—like motility, secretion, and immune responses.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
Stress also lowers levels of serotonin, which helps facilitate gut motility and regular bowel movements.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
That can futz with gut motility, speeding up or slowing down the passage of food or causing spasms.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 27 Aug. 2025
This two-way street allows your brain to influence your gut’s functions—like motility, secretion, and immune responses.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
Stress also lowers levels of serotonin, which helps facilitate gut motility and regular bowel movements.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motility
Noun
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Symptoms include pain, swelling, stiffness, and decreased joint mobility.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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The team is designing cells for electric mobility applications with target energy densities up to 550 Wh/kg and production costs below USD 86 (EUR 75) per kWh.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jogging is another of the designer’s preferred means of locomotion.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
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The experiment opens new possibilities in robotic locomotion.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The world too needs to be grateful that the two superpowers are talking like adults again, and with a one year trade truce in motion, are starting to take a more pragmatic path.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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The barf motions after Shannon would turn her back.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Motility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motility. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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