plasma

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Recent Examples of plasma 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. 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 Ludwig Boess While running a simulation of a turbulent plasma, Boess noticed the shape of the structures. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plasma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plasma
Noun
  • Keith Wood, former manager of LCD Soundsystem and co-founder and longtime head of Caroline Records, died Wednesday after a long struggle with ALS (motor neuron disease), according to a social media post from his family.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The only way to interact with the LCD is by tapping the power button, which cycles through three screens.
    Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Absorptive, addictive, violent (and by then near-universal, with televisions flickering in ninety-five per cent of American homes), TV was officially a bad mom.
    Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The Pitch Competition & Mentorship Program was designed to help emerging writers take meaningful steps toward building a career in television.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Osmond, who was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease in 1987, died with Suzanne — his wife of more than 50 years — and their eight sons at his bedside, the family confirmed in a statement to Salt Lake City’s NBC affiliate, KSL TV 5.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The one-of-a-kind event will officially kick off Variety TV Week on Tuesday, May 5, in Los Angeles with an afternoon of conversation, connection, and celebration.
    William Earl, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The suspects were arrested on March 10 after authorities found them in possession of 1,948 garden ants stored in specialized tubes, along with an additional 300 ants in tissue rolls.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • To clean, connect your extended brush or tube to your vacuum cleaner and use it to collect dust on the fan’s blades and surfaces.
    Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 16 Apr. 2026

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“Plasma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plasma. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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