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Recent Examples of spinal cord
An experimental drug could help to improve movement for patients with spinal cord injuries.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Dane revealed that he was diagnosed with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, in April.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
Groven is a physical therapist who suffered a T1 complete spinal cord injury when mountain biking, and wasn't satisfied with the outdoor mobility options he was subsequently left with.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
In 2022, Florida weathered a bad outbreak of meningococcal disease, a type of fast-moving bacterial infection that can become fatal after entering the bloodstream or the lining of the brain and spinal cord.
—Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Dane revealed that he was diagnosed with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, in April.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
Groven is a physical therapist who suffered a T1 complete spinal cord injury when mountain biking, and wasn't satisfied with the outdoor mobility options he was subsequently left with.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
In 2022, Florida weathered a bad outbreak of meningococcal disease, a type of fast-moving bacterial infection that can become fatal after entering the bloodstream or the lining of the brain and spinal cord.
—Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
Noun
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The skulls now rest on Theo’s bookshelf, flanked by nature’s curiosities: eggshells, feathers, polished stones, a whale vertebra discovered on the beach.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The 36-year-old ended up with a fractured vertebra after a backboard collapsed following a fellow basketball player’s dunk during last Saturday’s practice at the Australian Institute of Sport Arena in Canberra, the Adelaide 36ers confirmed.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Both backs seemed excited about employing more pony looks.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The skirt featured extra structural fabric on the sides and the back, which gave it additional drama.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Both neck shots had hit solidly but had missed the spinal column.—
Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
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Inside the operating room To correct his spine, John needed rods placed on either side of his spinal column along 13 vertebrae.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Although many of its bones were unearthed from the Morrison Formation in Colorado in 2021-2022, its skull and parts of its vertebral column were missing, leaving scientists unsure of its precise length.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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The Chicago fossil possesses the only vertebral column of an Archaeopteryx, which includes two tiny vertebrae at the tip of the tail, showing there were a total of 24 vertebrae, one more than previously thought.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2025
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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