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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.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
—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.
—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.
—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.
—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.
—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.
—New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germinal
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Zlotnikov wrote that the condition was likely caused by a mutation that had occurred very early in embryonic development, a supposition that was confirmed decades later by genetic analysis.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The subsequent deterioration in embryos that had been in microgravity for up to 24 hours was likely due to negative effects the absence of gravity has on the processes taking place in the quickly dividing embryonic cells.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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This hybridization resulted in Bradford producing fertile fruit through cross-pollination from other cultivars.—
Campbell Vaughn,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The rolling hills near Nebo, Illinois, contain more than 1,200 acres of fertile mushroom ground.—
Midwest Living,
Midwest Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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In retrospect, taken collectively, much of McCarthy’s work as an actor, filmmaker and journalist hinges on the friendship motif — that primordial ache to belong, that yearning to be seen.—
Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The revenues of Anthropic and OpenAI have been multiplying every year, which proponents argue means that generative-AI products are on track to eventually become profitable.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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But OpenAI, which launched the Sora stand-alone app in September 2025, had shown a classic Silicon Valley move-fast-and-break-things approach to generative-AI video.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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For decades, research into RSV had been stymied by past failures, leaving no way to prevent the thousands of infant respiratory deaths that occur worldwide every year.—
Richard Hughes IV,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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The narrative pairs her with Sister Ying, a detective investigating a series of infant corpse cases where bodies are discovered sealed in luxury apartment walls.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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There’s a five-star spa, a hotel restaurant bursting with fecund plants, and soft, warm lighting.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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Today, Lagos’s art scene feels more energetic and fecund than ever; the steady institutional development of auction houses and galleries has been instrumental.—
Toyo Odetunde,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Dec. 2025
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Beyond her academic excellence, Belle consistently creates films on her own time and has built a budding YouTube channel that showcases her originality, strong visual storytelling, and impressive creativity in editing.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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But there remains some budding controversy about the nameplates on the brothers’ Wild jerseys.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2026
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But its influence was clear when the Chinese state, the most prolific builder of urban infrastructure in modern history, twice turned Yu’s arguments into policy.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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One of the world's most prolific serial killers, Bundy confessed to murdering at least 30 women and young girls between 1974 and 1978, and investigators suspect that there may be many more victims, as the extent of his crimes (which also included rape and kidnapping) isn't fully known.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Germinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germinal. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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