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Recent Examples of polyp
In a study of more than 29,000 female nurses published this month, researchers reported that those who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods were 45% more likely to develop a certain type of precancerous colorectal polyp than those who consumed the least.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a vocal cord polyp is a lesion that is usually larger in size than a nodule.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Muscles in the tentacles draw up prey to the third polyp, which contains digestive organisms, while the fourth polyp contains reproductive organisms.
—Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In stool samples, neither bacterium showed a clear or consistent link with polyp risk.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a vocal cord polyp is a lesion that is usually larger in size than a nodule.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Muscles in the tentacles draw up prey to the third polyp, which contains digestive organisms, while the fourth polyp contains reproductive organisms.
—Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In stool samples, neither bacterium showed a clear or consistent link with polyp risk.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyp
Noun
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The Parenthood alum discussed his father Dave Shepard's longtime health struggles and addiction journey, culminating in a diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma in 2012.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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In 2012, the actor was at the peak of his career as a regular on NBC’s Parenthood, with a child of his own on the way, when his father, Dave Shepard, was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The dioxin and the fuel have been linked to myeloid malignancies.—
Angus Chen,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her doctors are determining if the malignancy was caught early.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Potential adverse effects identified by the FDA in this 14-item list include heart toxicity, infections, pancreatitis, increased or decreased insulin sensitivity, serious immunoresponses, melanoma and death.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Australians have a complicated relationship with the Sun, suffering the world’s highest melanoma rates even with a functioning ozone layer.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The actor believed the tumor was caused by his lymphoma, but later found out the two cancers were unrelated.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Produced by Bayer, which acquired the original manufacturer, Monsanto, in 2018, the herbicide has been the subject of tens of thousands of lawsuits, many from users who claim to have developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma as a result of exposure.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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For the playwright Clare Barron, the wake-up call came in 2013, when her father was diagnosed with Stage IV head-and-neck cancer.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Alexis Anzo, co-owner of Bamboo Juices in Serenbe, notes there are clinical cases where low-fiber makes sense, including certain gastrointestinal conditions and cancer therapies that rely on rapid nutrient absorption.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The imaging revealed some thickening in my breast tissue, which can indicate anything from an infection or cyst to (rarely) cancer.—
Jillian Wager,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
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Doctors discovered an 11-cm mass in Mansi's abdomen — complications from a previously undetected ovarian cyst — sending the actress into a panic.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Polyp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyp. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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