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Recent Examples of spheroid
In situ spheroid formation in distant submillimetre-bright galaxies NASA.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Unlike previous bioprinting options that lack the necessary, spheroids better approximate cell densities seen in the human body.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The disk’s material will most likely fall onto the embryonic moon from the radial (in-out) direction, sculpting the satellite into an egg or football shape—what’s called a prolate spheroid—with the long axis pointing toward the parent body.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
In general the studies kept the airway spheroids embedded and immobilized in a protein-rich gel called Matrigel.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Unlike previous bioprinting options that lack the necessary, spheroids better approximate cell densities seen in the human body.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The disk’s material will most likely fall onto the embryonic moon from the radial (in-out) direction, sculpting the satellite into an egg or football shape—what’s called a prolate spheroid—with the long axis pointing toward the parent body.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
In general the studies kept the airway spheroids embedded and immobilized in a protein-rich gel called Matrigel.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spheroid
Noun
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Holding his jeans up is a brown belt with a massive oval buckle.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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One of the 34 drivers on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval was NASCAR Cup Series points leader Kyle Larson.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Beans, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean red meat, and poultry are good sources.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Grocery prices have specifically been a concern for U.S. shoppers, after egg prices continued to rise in March, brought about in part by a severe bird flu outbreak.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
15 May 2025
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These integrals are rather difficult expressions that started off as parts of an attempt to measure the circumference of an ellipse.—
Richard Jensen,
Scientific American,
28 Apr. 2025
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According to preliminary data, Blue Ghost settled in a location just outside of its 330-foot (100-meter) target landing ellipse, probably due to the last-minute divert maneuvers ordered by the vehicle's hazard avoidance system.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
18 Mar. 2025
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At the 10:19 mark of the second quarter, Brown caught the ball in the left corner, with his feet set behind the 3-point line, and had a seemingly wide-open look at the basket.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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But her normal ritual is to take out a club, go behind the ball, look it all over, take a couple swings.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2025
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Encouraging infrastructure growth is a delicate and complicated process, requiring buy-in and cooperation from many actors in both the private and public spheres.—
Gordon Bitko,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The Fondazione Prada, which has its headquarters in a Milan arts center that has a bar designed by Wes Anderson, has long been active in the film sphere.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Then, at the end, that added security from Guimaraes, whose shot deflects off Malo Gusto and loops in.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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Regions with better access to water reuse systems and efficient cooling loops may now leapfrog others in attracting next-generation AI clusters.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Images from the satellite sent back to Earth first show the sun in its entirety, before a large dark orb—the moon—passes by, blocking almost a quarter of the star from view.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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The lamplights still smiled like yellow orbs, and the cold bit just enough to feel on their cheeks, but the dusting of snow had sucked away all the usual exhaust and smoke.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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“Spheroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheroid. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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