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Eligible participants must identify as Black, be assigned female at birth or self-identify as women, not have a history of cancer (except basal or squamous skin cancer) and be between ages 25 and 55.
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Shana O. Ntiri, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
Melanoma, for example, is more common among lighter skinned people, while squamous is more common among those with darker complexions.
—Beth Sobol, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
Skin cancers basal and squamous command $90,000, prostate cancer $200,000, and all other varieties such as melanoma and leukemia $250,000.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 July 2023
So, squamous mucosa is considered the normal lining of the inside of the lip.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
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Shana O. Ntiri, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
Melanoma, for example, is more common among lighter skinned people, while squamous is more common among those with darker complexions.
—Beth Sobol, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
Skin cancers basal and squamous command $90,000, prostate cancer $200,000, and all other varieties such as melanoma and leukemia $250,000.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 July 2023
So, squamous mucosa is considered the normal lining of the inside of the lip.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squamous
Adjective
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Expliseat has navigated the challenging transition from startup to scaled manufacturer, moving from outsourced production to internalized assembly – a critical step that its CEO sees as foundational to the company's ambitious growth plans.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But certain regimes remain tricky to simulate perfectly, such as unsteady interactions at off‑design angles, boundary‑layer transition, and inlet buzz, which is why scaled wind‑tunnel models still earn their keep validating corner cases before full‑scale testing.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The scaly lizard-like race of the Drac plainly acts as a generic symbol of any misunderstood or aggressive adversary with a culture, agenda, or ideology that happens to clash with our own and feels uncomfortably foreign.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
20 Dec. 2025
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In the book, the scaly Creature is among the many forms Pennywise takes when terrorizing its victims.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Squamous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squamous. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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