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The key features of Caravan Tech’s tags and boluses include GPS tracking, temperature monitoring, and health status indicators, providing comprehensive data for disease surveillance and control.
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Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
Once downloaded, t:connect works alongside Tandem’s t:slim X2 insulin pump by allowing diabetes patients to issue bolus doses of insulin over Bluetooth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
According to the nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1, bolus insulin is a type of insulin taken to prevent glucose spikes after meals.
—Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
Once downloaded, t:connect works alongside Tandem’s t:slim X2 insulin pump by allowing diabetes patients to issue bolus doses of insulin over Bluetooth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
According to the nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1, bolus insulin is a type of insulin taken to prevent glucose spikes after meals.
—Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolus
Noun
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Cohen said the birth dose doesn't just protect babies from getting the virus from their mother but protects babies from getting it through close contacts who may not know they are infected.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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In recent years, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the expert group that shapes the agency’s national vaccine recommendations, has considered dropping its recommendation for a first dose administered at age 11 or 12, since meningococcal infections are rare among preteens.—
Jamie Ducharme,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The standard supplement dosage is three to five grams of creatine per day.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
8 Sep. 2025
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In nearby Duval County, dosage rates reached 95%, with more than 65% of academic outcomes achieved.—
Raymond Pierce,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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