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Recent Examples of valve
The report detailed Hackman’s declining heart health, including the congestive heart failure, an aortic heart valve replacement and an irregular heartbeat.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
This can damage or weaken the valves in the veins, causing blood to pool and resulting in varicose veins.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 2 May 2025
The 31-year-old will provide reliability as a blocker, while serving as an occasional release valve over the middle.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
This venting process serves as something of a natural pressure-release valve that lowers eruption risk.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
This can damage or weaken the valves in the veins, causing blood to pool and resulting in varicose veins.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 2 May 2025
The 31-year-old will provide reliability as a blocker, while serving as an occasional release valve over the middle.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
This venting process serves as something of a natural pressure-release valve that lowers eruption risk.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valve
Noun
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After gates opened some half-dozen teammates, including Uribe, went into the stands with unmarked boxes and allowed families to pick one.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
18 May 2025
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Steven Asmussen’s Clever Again made a strategic jump out of the starting gate, pinning the rest of the field to his hindquarters for much of the 1 3/16-mile race.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
Noun
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The must-see Nuggets-Thunder Game 7 at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon is not the only Game 7 on tap today.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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The hangout is part sports bar, part brewery, with around 10 beers on tap and a handful of bites, including salads, tacos, and burgers.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
Noun
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These are the faucets, all made by firms in China and sold on Amazon, covered by the CSPC warning: Ceinol brand bathroom faucets: The faucets, priced at about $55, were are sold by the company Chaozhoushibobangshejiyouxiangongsi, under Amazon seller name Ceinol-USA.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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At the time of the inspection, none of the faucets in the facility could provide hot water.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2025
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The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
6 June 2023
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“Valve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valve. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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