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Recent Examples of tubercle
Williams informed Daver and Guy, who independently confirmed the existence of this femoral tubercle.
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Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2026
Still, months later, a quote tweet will appear at intervals highlighting a necklace, tubercle, or ice cube tray lurking in the deep space of the photo.
—Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
This frog is easily recognized by the long tubercles on the sides of its body.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Inspired by the tubercles on the humpback whale's flippers, BlueNav's Whale Design propeller uses a series of bumps along the edge meant to channel water in such a way that increases thrust and improves efficiency.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
Well, Montgomery tubercles can appear a lot like those bumps.
—Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023
This suggests the glowing tubercle patterns are some sort of signal.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018
Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2026
Still, months later, a quote tweet will appear at intervals highlighting a necklace, tubercle, or ice cube tray lurking in the deep space of the photo.
—Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
This frog is easily recognized by the long tubercles on the sides of its body.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Inspired by the tubercles on the humpback whale's flippers, BlueNav's Whale Design propeller uses a series of bumps along the edge meant to channel water in such a way that increases thrust and improves efficiency.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
Well, Montgomery tubercles can appear a lot like those bumps.
—Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023
This suggests the glowing tubercle patterns are some sort of signal.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tubercle
Noun
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In another, the bot mistook a mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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The scan showed a cyst on his pancreas, but something else was looming larger.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But most of these John Harbaugh-thirsty franchises have an ugly wart or two as well.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Rubbing a black snail on a wart and impailing the creature with a thorn will make the bumps go away.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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She was diagnosed with Stage 0 skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ, meaning that the cancer was on top of her skin and hadn't spread yet.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In a study of more than 29,000 female nurses published this month, researchers reported that those who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods were 45% more likely to develop a certain type of precancerous colorectal polyp than those who consumed the least.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, a vocal cord polyp is a lesion that is usually larger in size than a nodule.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Tubercle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tubercle. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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