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Recent Examples of ventral
Blazars are a ventral hub of power and light within these galaxies that aren’t powered by stars.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
The ventral ganglion is a collection of nerves found on an arrow worm’s belly and is a biological feature unique only to them.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2025
To use an early version of Stavisky’s brain-to-text system, the patient had 256 microelectrodes implanted into his ventral precentral gyrus, an area of the brain responsible for controlling vocal tract muscles.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
In total, the scientists placed 256 microelectrode arrays in three brain regions, chief among them the ventral precentral gyrus, which plays a key role in controlling the muscles underlying speech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
The ventral ganglion is a collection of nerves found on an arrow worm’s belly and is a biological feature unique only to them.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2025
To use an early version of Stavisky’s brain-to-text system, the patient had 256 microelectrodes implanted into his ventral precentral gyrus, an area of the brain responsible for controlling vocal tract muscles.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
In total, the scientists placed 256 microelectrode arrays in three brain regions, chief among them the ventral precentral gyrus, which plays a key role in controlling the muscles underlying speech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventral
Adjective
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Tight hip flexors pull your pelvis forward into what’s known as an anterior tilt, forcing your hamstrings to brace to keep you upright.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The researchers used a special kind of PET scan to detect changes in acetylcholine levels in the anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region that's important for making decisions and detecting errors.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What America is experiencing now is the feature presentation, a systematic, full-frontal assault on our nation’s cultural and intellectual life.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The book’s journey through the brain ends at the frontal pole, a region involved in self-reflection — thinking about thinking.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The focus was to provide more attacking numbers in advanced areas to maintain territorial dominance, with a midfield pair — or ‘double pivot’ — providing the defensive foundation behind a nominal front four.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The jeans still have two front pockets and two back pockets to stow your phone or other small items at the airport and beyond.—
Hillary Maglin,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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But that fore knowledge didn’t make the situation any easier on my nerves.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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And again, a lot of shortcomings came to the fore Sunday.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Ventral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventral. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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