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as in chamber
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
cells in a honeycomb
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Recent Examples of cell
He was found dead in his prison cell in August 2019.
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Combined, the ingredients are a powerhouse that encourages surface skin cell turnover to give complexions an overall smooth, supple appearance.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
Lluc Palerm Serra, research director at consultancy Analysys Mason, is also skeptical about Starlink one day becoming a challenger to traditional cell networks.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
The researchers studied how THC affected egg maturation, gene activity, chromosomes, and spindle formation (the machinery that equally divides the chromosomes in a cell).
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Combined, the ingredients are a powerhouse that encourages surface skin cell turnover to give complexions an overall smooth, supple appearance.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
Lluc Palerm Serra, research director at consultancy Analysys Mason, is also skeptical about Starlink one day becoming a challenger to traditional cell networks.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
The researchers studied how THC affected egg maturation, gene activity, chromosomes, and spindle formation (the machinery that equally divides the chromosomes in a cell).
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cell
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The most notorious, in 1978, saw the late queen hide behind a bush in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to avoid Nicolae Ceaușescu, having already removed anything that the Romanian dictator could steal from his room following a warning from Giscard d'Estaing, the then French president.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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In follow-up comments, the original poster noted that their roommate had already claimed the larger room.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Physicists revealed that the HRNS spectrometer will be installed behind a thick concrete protective wall surrounding the fusion chamber, near an opening several centimetres in diameter, to be able to detect neutrons produced in the very center of the plasma.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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When Weimers went on to give up his remaining speaking time for a moment of silence, Vice President Katarina Barley cut him off, sparking desk-banging protests from right-wing lawmakers in the chamber.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images Leading Chinese contenders were BYD, the world’s biggest maker of EVs, Stellantis affiliate Leapmotor, and Xpeng.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The music video pairs tribal ritualism with coastal dreaminess, leading viewers through a cabin lit by candlelight and a beach after sunset.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Specifically, there are five ADA-compliant cabins, all in the Terrace Suite category.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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Alex Clark, the host of a wellness podcast for Turning Point USA, said Saturday on X that the organization is receiving lots of inbound interest about launching new chapters.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The next chapter this year was to host our first fashion show.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This hanging toiletry bag has a spacious interior with multiple easy-to-clean compartments and an impressive near-five-star rating on Amazon.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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The team found a set of proteins called glycolytic enzymes that actually relocate nearby and inside mitochondria—compartments in cells where critical metabolic processes occur—when cells experience stress.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Clean, dry, and chop fresh parsley and put it in ice cube trays.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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This is no white cube gallery in Chelsea.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cell. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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