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Recent Examples of plexus
The word complexity comes from the Latin plexus, which means intertwined.
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Carlos Gershenson, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
The nervous system manages the entire lower body through an intricate web of nerves called the lumbar plexus, which is embedded through the psoas.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2025
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Carlos Gershenson, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
The nervous system manages the entire lower body through an intricate web of nerves called the lumbar plexus, which is embedded through the psoas.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2025
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plexus
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How Tires Are Made Starting from the inside out, a tire’s strength is provided by its carcass, a meshwork steel or synthetic fibers.—
Wes Siler,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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Protect Your Eyes The eye's drainage system (the trabecular meshwork) can be damaged by blunt force injury, such as an object hitting the eye.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
10 Mar. 2025
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Randolph’s body vaulted off the car, creating a web of cracks in the driver’s side windshield.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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The scandal is now expanding into an international investigation, placing Miami at the center of a complex web of shell companies, offshore transfers and opaque financial flows.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The red mesh sack, of the kind typically used to store oranges or onions, is stamped with her name, immigration number and date of deportation.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Marland plans to install a mesh top over the kangaroo enclosure to prevent future escapes.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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High pressure systems, usually related to clear and warm conditions, and low pressure systems, often linked to storms, kind of ride around the globe on the jet stream, McEvoy said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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At one point, a flight attendant asked him to end the session because the plane was about ready to depart and the cellphone could interfere with the communication systems.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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This was not cultural architecture as economic engine, but architectural complexity as conspicuous consumption—a questionable evolution, if also an appropriate one for the most valuable luxury conglomerate in the world.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Community members, organizers, local officials and the Journal Sentinel sought further details about the grocery conglomerate’s decision, to no avail.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bo Bichette didn't have a great first weekend in a New York Mets uniform, going 1-for-14 on the whole and failing to come through with runners in scoring position twice during the late innings of Sunday's series finale, which wound up becoming the Mets' first loss of the season.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Reimagining the building in whole or in part as a residence is a thrilling idea (and Francis Ford Coppola did it most recently, in his bizarre and wildly ambitious film Megalopolis), but the economics of conversion will be trickier than for the Flatiron.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2026
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That fall, an old friend reached out to my father through the underground communications network, dialling a number printed on a faded piece of plastic Dymo tape and speaking to him from a public phone booth.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Your network is ready to grow, and travel, whether to see existing friends or connect with professional contacts, is well supported this month.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexus. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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