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Recent Examples of spastic Susannah Rosen, now 10 years old, has rare mutations in a gene called KIF1A, which is associated with intellectual disability, spastic limbs, and atrophy of nerve cells in the brain and eye. Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Aug. 2024 They are draped in raggedy blanketing, lurching on in various quasi-Zombie spastic movements. Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024 Gavin has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and is non-mobile and non-verbal and the Anderson home needs major — and very expensive — renovations to make the house more comfortable for him, his family said. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024 Like, ‘My sporadic, spastic, impulsive, potentially treacherous ideas? Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spastic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spastic
Adjective
  • And while sporadic outbreaks have occurred since 2000, recent case counts are nothing compared with the 27,000 cases reported in 1990 or the 450,000 cases reported in 1964.
    Joe Murphy, NBC news, 8 May 2025
  • And there has been one since then, five years ago, but clearly your own recorded output is on the sporadic side, taking a big back seat to the songwriting.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Goygol includes 65,000 residents, prim parks, tall pines and occasional Tyrolean architecture.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • With some occasional help from the Rockies, who committed three errors and one big mental mistake, the Padres (24-13) scored in five different innings.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • The band’s message may have got slightly lost, however, amid their acid-trip screen visuals, military drag, and the climactic near-naked reveals, not to mention the sudden appearance of a rocket-straddling Vladimir Lenin impersonator who looked more like the Smurfs’ arch-nemesis Gargamel.
    Nick Allen, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • His retirement wasn’t sudden, and the scheduling team has slowly been preparing for this transition over the past few years.
    Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • The animators at Blur Studio employ a photo-realistic quality to their art, shading the characters in dramatic shadows and inserting intermittent patches of concentrated color that grab your visual attention and slingshot you through the rocketing narrative. 4.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
  • Please talk with your healthcare provider before trying 4:3 intermittent fasting.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The president’s erratic policies are raising concerns the economy might be headed for a downturn, but history suggests that franchise values will continue to climb regardless.
    Justin Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Working with the brilliant but erratic Bart Eckland, Susan was a young biologist stationed far in the Panamanian rainforest years ago at Los Panos.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 9 May 2025

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“Spastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spastic. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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