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Glover described it as a visceral experience, having been stunned by the sound of parachutes deploying after the Orion capsule plummeted through the air and experienced a six-minute communications blackout due to plasma created by the sheer speed at which their vehicle was moving.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
As the sun releases solar flares, plasma particles shoot toward Earth.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The Mass General Brigham scientists discovered that a blood test of plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217) can detect the earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively healthy adults.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The temperatures cause plasma to form around the capsule, blocking the transmission of radio signals.
—Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
As the sun releases solar flares, plasma particles shoot toward Earth.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The Mass General Brigham scientists discovered that a blood test of plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217) can detect the earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively healthy adults.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The temperatures cause plasma to form around the capsule, blocking the transmission of radio signals.
—Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plasma
Noun
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The rear 360 x 360 LCD panel is an attempt to address some of E Ink’s limitations around responsiveness and color.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
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The researchers developed a photocurable resin that can be shaped using LCD 3D printing into fine, complex structures.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Nataliia was watching a romance film on television.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Most people live lives whose day-to-day features aren’t exactly gripping viewing and whose trajectories are difficult to squeeze into the structures and strictures of serialized television.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Baltimore Sun management and editorial board members discussed how the newspaper works to provide differing yet independent perspectives in both their editorials and reporting during a town hall broadcast Monday evening on Fox 45 (WBFF-TV).—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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On April 16, the TV Academy in North Hollywood was packed to the gills for a screening of the season two finale — which looked particularly stunning on a big screen — followed by an impressive Q&A and reception with Thornton, Larter, Elliott, Moore, Randolph, Lofland and Chávez.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Glass tubes coated with copper-oxide catalysts feed the methane gas needed for the reaction.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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The meters use electrical conductivity or tensiometer tubes that measure the suction exerted by the soil on the water, which indicates the soil moisture available to plants.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Plasma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plasma. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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