pars

plural of par

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Recent Examples of pars Similarly, lumbar bone stress injuries such as pars (a stress fracture to the pars interarticularis, a small segment of bone in the lumbar spine) can also be an issue. Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Last week Reyes fired a personal best three-under 33 over the Bernardo Heights Red front nine, showing her consistency by collecting three birdies and the rest pars. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025 Doctors then performed a pars plana vitrectomy — which is a procedure to remove the vitreous humor from the inside of the eye — to take out the worm. Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025 To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025 Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra. Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pars
Noun
  • BlackRock’s Rieder impresses The Treasury officials also for the first time provided some insight into Bessent’s thinking about the criteria used to decide who to pick for the job.
    Steve Liesman, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Nominations can only be submitted by individuals who meet strict eligibility criteria, including national lawmakers, university professors in relevant disciplines, and past laureates of the Peace Prize.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These temperature and precipitation deviations are based on averages (or normals) derived from data provided by government meteorological agencies, data that is updated every ten years, still the Old Farmer’s Almanac claims only 80 percent accuracy.
    Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Temperatures will be near seasonal normals today, then cooler than normal again tomorrow.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By Harvard’s standards, the school’s endowment was not its primary boasting point—public-health alumni don’t tend to become billionaires —and in times of wider financial turmoil, HSPH remained well insulated, Amanda Spickard, the associate dean for research strategy and external affairs, told me.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Watch this video to learn how social media algorithms are impacting beauty standards for both men and women.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The events test longstanding norms separating the White House from Department of Justice (DOJ) decision-making—a boundary traditionally aimed at preserving public confidence in impartial justice.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As the videos race across millions of peoples' feeds, perceptions are being quickly reshaped about the truth, and soon, perhaps the basic norms of being online.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Monday saw a brief reprieve for equities following Friday’s selloff, with Wall Street’s major averages clawing back some of the previous session’s losses, while European stocks also notched gains.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Highs in Flagstaff are expected to remain in the upper 50s, with overnight lows dropping into the mid- to upper 20s, which is 5 to 10 degrees below seasonal averages.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For billions in betting revenue, the league leased those firms the rights to its stat packs, metrics, and branding.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The metrics show that Florida State’s offense can move the football.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most cotton benchmarks decreased over the past month.
    SJ Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
  • My trading algorithm brings rules and discipline to options traders and is beating the benchmarks—see it in action here .
    Nishant Pant, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Pars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pars. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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