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Looking to the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region of the brain associated with surprises, learning, and reward, the team’s first step was to confirm that a dopamine circuit connects the VTA and the amygdala.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
These tiny creatures generate light from three different body parts: their ventral surfaces, lower margins of each eye, and tips of each of the fourth pair of arms.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 28 Apr. 2025
Taurus, like others, is identifiable by his ventral markings.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025
Within this structure, the team focused on an area called the ventral shell.
—Elana Spivack, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
These tiny creatures generate light from three different body parts: their ventral surfaces, lower margins of each eye, and tips of each of the fourth pair of arms.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 28 Apr. 2025
Taurus, like others, is identifiable by his ventral markings.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025
Within this structure, the team focused on an area called the ventral shell.
—Elana Spivack, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventral
Adjective
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The snake then examined the anterior parts of the hare, biting and pulling a front leg, before also biting its head.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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During the mauling, the girl received lacerations to her face, left anterior chest and right neck, according to the lawsuit.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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The bluff front and large frontal area may also explain the wind noise at highway speeds, although that can easily be drowned out by the sound system (or two rows of children, perhaps).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 July 2025
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During this time of year, frontal boundaries often stall in the area and then can undergo further development into a tropical system.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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But when Fry meets Jenkins at the front door of the station, the WSU chief senses this is different.—
Vicky Ward,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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Medics rushed the Toyota driver, Nyarko-Dei, and a 69-year-old woman riding in the front passenger seat to Jacobi Medical Center, where Nyarko-Dei died.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images The chief of Airbus expects more muted aircraft orders at this week's Paris Air Show as defense concerns rise to the fore and last week's deadly Air India crash casts a shadow over the event.—
Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
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Now, Moore’s work on The Substance has brought to the fore conversations about how society devalues women with age.—
Time,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Ventral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventral. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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