senescent

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Recent Examples of senescent Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage. Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors. Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025 If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions. Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022 Among them, the Okinawa Cellescence Complex, which combines Shikuwasa Lime extract, Noni Juice extract and Shell Ginger, which boasts a 55 percent claim in reduction of aging senescent cell biomarkers. James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senescent
Adjective
  • One has multiple young children and an elderly dog who had already gotten into physical fights with Oli.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On the eve of sentencing, Combs submitted a personal letter to the judge asking for leniency, referencing his seven children and elderly mother.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Studios already use it for de-aging effects and digital doubles.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Packed with anti-aging ingredients, actives, and ceramides, they’re built to target issues and deliver serious results.
    Essence, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • People only 21 years or older are allowed to shop at Canna Bloom.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Thiaw, aged 24 and capped three times by Germany, is comfortable on the ball, can play in a high line and is good at switching play.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The crowd was largely male and middle-aged, and almost everyone was Black or brown.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Senescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senescent. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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