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Recent Examples of noninfectious
The adjuvant in the University of Houston’s fentanyl vaccine is an enterotoxin, a chemical produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli and modified to be noninfectious.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
But the immune system can be trained to make antibodies in response to an opioid like fentanyl through a vaccine that links bits of the drug to noninfectious bits of bacteria and uses substances called adjuvants.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
To effectively address noninfectious diseases and design new drugs, scientists need more detailed knowledge of how proteins, especially enzymes, bind small molecules.
—Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
At the same time, their losses to noninfectious diseases rose at comparable rates.
—Ron Barrett, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
But the immune system can be trained to make antibodies in response to an opioid like fentanyl through a vaccine that links bits of the drug to noninfectious bits of bacteria and uses substances called adjuvants.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
To effectively address noninfectious diseases and design new drugs, scientists need more detailed knowledge of how proteins, especially enzymes, bind small molecules.
—Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
At the same time, their losses to noninfectious diseases rose at comparable rates.
—Ron Barrett, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noninfectious
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Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Jurors also found Valle not guilty of multiple intentional assault charges tied to the nonfatal stabbings and were deadlocked on reckless assault charges.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.—
Charles Passy,
WSJ,
27 Dec. 2020
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This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.—
David Shultz,
Science | AAAS,
8 Aug. 2019
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An excellent ceramic nonstick pan for 20% off Their Paris Pro line is a great pick for nontoxic cookware for most home cooks for a few reasons.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Take care when considering plastic, however, as some of these containers may not be BPA-free or nontoxic.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
2 July 2025
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Using portable X-ray fluorescence, a nondestructive way to identify geochemical fingerprints, the researchers confirmed that the Mexicas were partial to a particular green and golden obsidian to produce items for rituals.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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The study highlights how important nondestructive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry has become to archaeology, said John Millhauser, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at North Carolina State University.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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Multiple social media posts show police pushing people to the ground, kneeling on their backs and firing nonlethal ammunition to disperse the crowd.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
18 July 2025
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The protective gear was used to help rioters withstand rubber bullets, tear gas, and other nonlethal munitions deployed by law enforcement.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2025
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Maybe that’s the lesson the university is actually communicating to its students, beneath whatever charmingly nasal encouragement Kermit doles out on graduation day: to err on the unobjectionable side when things look dicey.—
Callie Holtermann,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Many orders can be unobjectionable, such as giving federal employees the day after Christmas off.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was 'set free,' because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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“Noninfectious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noninfectious. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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