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Recent Examples of serum
The texture is exquisitely light—more silk than serum—absorbing instantly.
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Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Of the brand’s ever-evolving Frizz Ease collection, the serum is another popular pick—over 13,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, to be specific.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
Dermatologists recommend a vitamin C serum to help reduce hyperpigmentation, acne scars, and overall skin dullness.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2026
The frog has a special serum in its back.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Of the brand’s ever-evolving Frizz Ease collection, the serum is another popular pick—over 13,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, to be specific.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
Dermatologists recommend a vitamin C serum to help reduce hyperpigmentation, acne scars, and overall skin dullness.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2026
The frog has a special serum in its back.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serum
Noun
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But its primary association in the public consciousness since the nineteen-eighties is with the criminal underworld, particularly the drug cartels.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The new shelter will allow residents to bring pets, which most shelters prohibit, offer a drug and alcohol treatment program and mental health services and assign those admitted a caseworker who will help connect them with professional development programs.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Steroids and antibiotics couldn't keep the illness at bay.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Luckily, syphilis is easily treated with antibiotics such as a long-acting penicillin injection into a muscle.—
Casey Pinto,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The Belarusian human rights group Viasna said he repeatedly was denied essential medications and refused contact with his wife and children.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Instead, many factors, such as lack of sleep, stress, adverse life events, mental health and medications can lead to food noise.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The hijacking of humanitarian aid convoys by Hamas and armed gangs prevented the civilian population from receiving food and medicines.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Today the United States leads the world in biopharmaceutical innovation, with American companies driving 55% of global R&D and producing more new medicines than any other country.—
Joaquin Duato,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
Noun
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How Peroxide Cleans Your Kitchen Hydrogen peroxide is an antiseptic that kills germs and bacteria on hard surfaces.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
6 Mar. 2026
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That simple antiseptic has a multitude of hidden powers.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
18 Feb. 2026
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Clark’s wise remedy is to strip her fiction of most of those facts, reducing the local references so that the narrative shifts away from singular autobiography toward singular emblem.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But civil penalties were removed from the law two decades ago, leaving federal regulators with fewer effective remedies to enforce the law or sanction bad actors.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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The news has been met with fear by a world still reeling from the pandemic, as hantavirus, a viral disease transmitted to humans by rodents that causes serious infections of the lungs or kidneys, does not have a specific vaccine, treatment, or cure.—
Nicola Bambini,
Vanity Fair,
10 May 2026
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Landon was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1991 and spent the last few months of his life advocating for a cure.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
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The doctors here have every modern medicament, but candidly confessed that the answer to the malady is beyond them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Serum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serum. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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