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Recent Examples of polyp
Meanwhile, a vocal cord polyp is a lesion that is usually larger in size than a nodule.
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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
Each individual polyp is equipped with a mouth that is surrounded by tentacles that can protect itself or pull prey into their mouths, NOAA says.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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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
Each individual polyp is equipped with a mouth that is surrounded by tentacles that can protect itself or pull prey into their mouths, NOAA says.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyp
Noun
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Moderate coffee intake has also been associated with reduced risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma – even a lower overall mortality.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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But Finglass felt compelled to share the results of a routine skin biopsy after a type of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma was detected on her forehead.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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And while treatments have improved dramatically, the long-term consequences — cardiotoxicity, neuropathy, second malignancies, metabolic disruption — threaten the very longevity patients hope to gain.—
Gilberto Lopes,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
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The late Starstruck Entertainment executive died in August at the age of 48 after a battle with melanoma.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2026
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Clarkson shares daughter River Rose and son Remington with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, who died in August at age 48 after battling melanoma.—
Mariel Turner,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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Since Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 65, the Seahawks and NBA’s Trail Blazers have been owned by his sister, Jody.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Since Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 65, the Seahawks and NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers have been owned by his sister, Jody.—
Andrew Destin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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In 2018, as an attorney, Kennedy helped win a lawsuit alleging that maker Monsanto knew that Roundup caused cancer.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Cynthia Lee Fontaine, a cancer survivor and RuPaul's Drag Race icon who competed on three different seasons of the American edition of the show, also paid tribute Maxi on social media.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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However, a new report from TMZ claims that a cyst was discovered on the actor's spine.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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In another, the bot mistook a mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Polyp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyp. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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