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Recent Examples of multiple sclerosis
About 10 years ago, her mom was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
During his early 40s, Geisler was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis that gave him a deeper insight into the problems caused by fragmented data-sharing platforms.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
For people dealing with chronic illnesses like cancer, multiple sclerosis, or Long COVID, fatigue can be a common experience.
—Katharine Gammon, Time, 6 Feb. 2026
When the team examined the combined imaging and biomarker data from 634 people with multiple sclerosis, an unexpected pattern began to take shape.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
During his early 40s, Geisler was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis that gave him a deeper insight into the problems caused by fragmented data-sharing platforms.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
For people dealing with chronic illnesses like cancer, multiple sclerosis, or Long COVID, fatigue can be a common experience.
—Katharine Gammon, Time, 6 Feb. 2026
When the team examined the combined imaging and biomarker data from 634 people with multiple sclerosis, an unexpected pattern began to take shape.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for multiple sclerosis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiple sclerosis
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Since emerging from a coma after the crash, Dalilah Coleman has been recovering but is nonverbal and has diplegic cerebral palsy, her family has said.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Given that bed rest studies have been used to simulate the effects of microgravity, people born with cerebral palsy can give us some sense of how a child’s body might be affected by partial gravity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Multiple sclerosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiple%20sclerosis. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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