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Recent Examples of stylet
The team explains how scientists can examine an octopus’ beak, stylets, and growth rings in the lab to determine how old the animal is.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Apr. 2024
Sulfur sprays and stylet oil fungicides will also reduce the spread of powdery mildew.
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Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2023
The last stylet—the hypopharynx—drips mosquito saliva into the wound.
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John Sass,
Field & Stream,
11 Apr. 2023
The procedure involves using a slender surgical probe known as a stylet to guide a tube down the woman's throat, according to Dr. Hudman Hoo, a pulmonologist and the medical director of St. Anthony's Hospital's ICU ward in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Randi Kaye and Travis Caldwell,
CNN,
11 Sep. 2021
The respiratory therapist pulled out my stylet, inflated the tip balloon through its small port at the top, attached an Ambu bag to the open mouth of the endotracheal tube and pushed in liters of oxygen.
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Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2015
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Apr. 2024
Sulfur sprays and stylet oil fungicides will also reduce the spread of powdery mildew.
—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2023
The last stylet—the hypopharynx—drips mosquito saliva into the wound.
—
John Sass,
Field & Stream,
11 Apr. 2023
The procedure involves using a slender surgical probe known as a stylet to guide a tube down the woman's throat, according to Dr. Hudman Hoo, a pulmonologist and the medical director of St. Anthony's Hospital's ICU ward in St. Petersburg, Florida.
—
Randi Kaye and Travis Caldwell,
CNN,
11 Sep. 2021
The respiratory therapist pulled out my stylet, inflated the tip balloon through its small port at the top, attached an Ambu bag to the open mouth of the endotracheal tube and pushed in liters of oxygen.
—
Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stylet
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The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
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Messi delivers the dagger Despite thoroughly controlling most of the match, the result was still in doubt late in the second half as Argentina squandered a few opportunities to increase its lead.
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Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment.
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.
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The bodkins were helpful tools that could double as hairpins.
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Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
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There's even a label on the cutter button telling you to press down firmly with two fingers.
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One of the hottest hitters on the planet this month, Soto drilled a 1-2 cutter from Nola into the right field stands with ease in the first inning.
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There is an art to cutting a cantaloupe, which starts long before grabbing the knife and cutting board.
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Excavations also revealed pits containing pottery, bones and a symbolic flint knife, suggesting the area may have hosted ceremonial gatherings long before Stonehenge became the iconic monument seen today.
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Ballet pink stiletto nails narrow to an airbrushed nude point, with leopard spots and silver chrome stars.
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Christian Louboutin’s Miss Z pumps covered the foot in mirror-bright Vintage Rose laminated calf leather, narrowing into a tapered point above a 100mm stiletto and the house’s red sole.
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“Stylet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stylet. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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