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as in embryonic
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as in fertile
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Recent Examples of germinal
President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.
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Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
25 Nov. 2025
Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.
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Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
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Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
Vinuesa and her team were able to figure out one key alternate pathway, one not involving the lymph node germinal center, with the help of a few Kikas.
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Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a covid vaccine.
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Arkansas Online,
22 Feb. 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a Covid vaccine.
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New York Times,
21 Feb. 2022
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
25 Nov. 2025
Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.
—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
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Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
Vinuesa and her team were able to figure out one key alternate pathway, one not involving the lymph node germinal center, with the help of a few Kikas.
—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a covid vaccine.
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Arkansas Online,
22 Feb. 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a Covid vaccine.
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New York Times,
21 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germinal
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One protein called periostin appeared strongly in the shark notochord (a structure that helps organize embryonic development).
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In the early 2000s, when researchers first began using embryonic stem cells, many institutions added a second review step involving what’s known as a stem cell research oversight (SCRO) committee.
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Some of the new recruits were Marxist-Leninist organizers who saw the DSA’s growing membership as fertile ground.
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That’s how fertile the soccer talent is in Brazil, a country that has won the World Cup a record five times.
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Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
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At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
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The show weaves together AI, generative imagery, immersive audio and spatial narrative design, which organizers describe as producing a living, evolving environment.
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Likewise, when generative content is embedded directly inside a full-funnel acquisition system, the results change materially.
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Diagnosed with an infant high-grade glioma, a rare and aggressive brain tumor, Hadley was treated by the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Hospital Colorado.
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Thorsen helped lead research for the CDC studying infant disabilities, according to prosecutors.
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There is only one Picasso, but Basquiat had that kind of fecund imagination, that endlessly varied and prolific joy.
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The negative space between gems becomes animal habitats for creatures drawn from the depths of a fecund imagination.
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Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.
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Brown secured Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour that week, solidifying his status as one of the game’s youngest and hottest budding stars.
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Yelena is turning into a pretty prolific MCU character, introduced in Black Widow, having a memorable cameo in Hawkeye, leading her Thunderbolts movie, this cameo in Spider-Man and the big role in Doomsday.
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Flag football’s prolific growth has strengthened the sport at every amateur level from peewees to the Olympics and led to the NFL’s $32 million commitment for men’s and women’s professional flag leagues to debut next year.
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“Germinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germinal. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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