as in swelling
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue
a nodule on the leaf indicated that a worm had laid eggs there
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Edward Herman from the Cook Islands' Seabed Minerals Authority holding polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with cobalt, nickel, manganese and other coveted metals, on June 12, 2025.
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Hugh Cameron
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
These then kicked off a chain of reactions that led to the jadarite nodules and other minerals forming.
—New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Polymetallic nodule mining has drawn the most interest: 19 of the International Seabed Authority’s 31 exploration contracts are for identifying potential sites for mining these nodules, the largest of which is the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ).
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
In that test, the firm retrieved 3,000 tons of nodules from the seabed, a feat unmatched by most industry peers.
—Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 30 June 2025
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Hugh Cameron
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
These then kicked off a chain of reactions that led to the jadarite nodules and other minerals forming.
—New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Polymetallic nodule mining has drawn the most interest: 19 of the International Seabed Authority’s 31 exploration contracts are for identifying potential sites for mining these nodules, the largest of which is the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ).
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
In that test, the firm retrieved 3,000 tons of nodules from the seabed, a feat unmatched by most industry peers.
—Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodule
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Wilson, 57, sought medical attention after facing issues with blood pressure and swelling, and told her Instagram followers that doctors found an ulcer while removing the silicone band from her stomach.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Galicich took the extraordinary step of surgically removing the left half of Sophia’s skull to accommodate the swelling of her brain.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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The most common symptom of breast cancer is a new lump or mass, but other signs and symptoms include swelling of the breast, skin dimpling, breast or nipple pain, nipple discharge aside from breast milk and nipple or breast skin that is red, dry, flaky or thickened, according to ACS.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Gradually whisk in the milk, making sure lumps do not form.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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For larger harvests, use clean pruners or scissors to cut sections of the top third to half of the plant, cutting each stem just above a node.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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To read and make sense of the graphs, the team used graph neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence designed to extract relationships between the nodes by passing messages along the edges of the connections among them.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the 2023-24 crop year, China imported a decade-long high of 15 million bales, causing scarcity and creating a pricing bump.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025
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Employees who keep the county’s bus fleet moving received notable pay bumps last year.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Mosquito bites can cause a range of reactions, from mild redness and itching to blisters and bruise-like dark spots, depending on the person’s sensitivity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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The trade that sent him to Los Angeles, though, left visible bruises all over Dončić.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Dense tissue also makes tumors harder to detect on mammograms.—
Jennie Durant,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Just 1% of the national spend on cancer research is allocated to brain tumors.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Nodule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodule. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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