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Recent Examples of polyp
Muscles in the tentacles draw up prey to the third polyp, which contains digestive organisms, while the fourth polyp contains reproductive organisms.
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Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In stool samples, neither bacterium showed a clear or consistent link with polyp risk.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Each individual polyp is equipped with a mouth that is surrounded by tentacles that can protect itself or pull prey into their mouths, NOAA says.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The research followed clinicians at four endoscopy centers in Poland participating in the ACCEPT (Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy for Cancer Prevention) trial, where AI tools for polyp detection were introduced at the end of 2021.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In stool samples, neither bacterium showed a clear or consistent link with polyp risk.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Each individual polyp is equipped with a mouth that is surrounded by tentacles that can protect itself or pull prey into their mouths, NOAA says.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The research followed clinicians at four endoscopy centers in Poland participating in the ACCEPT (Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy for Cancer Prevention) trial, where AI tools for polyp detection were introduced at the end of 2021.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyp
Noun
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Arnold said in a May 2025 social media video that he had been diagnosed with advanced-stage clear cell renal carcinoma that had spread to one of his lungs.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Coulier was diagnosed with P16 squamous carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer, when doctors noticed a flare-up on the base of his tongue during a routine check-up and PET scan.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
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An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
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The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
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Buchwald and his colleagues are in the process of enrolling patients in a similar randomized trial that will test the timing theory on immunotherapy for melanoma patients.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The study's first phase focused on breast and prostate cancers and will examine lung, melanoma, colorectal and HPV-related cancers by July 2026, also exploring genetic and environmental factors.—
Marissa Payne,
Des Moines Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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The 67-year-old is the chair and trustee of the Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers with ownership over both passing to her after the 2018 death of her brother, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The actor believed the spot was caused by his lymphoma, but later found out the tumor was actually unrelated.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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All the while, there was the cancer.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Teddi Mellencamp reflected on her cancer journey one year after she was hospitalized and required emergency brain surgery.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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However, a new report from TMZ claims that a cyst was discovered on the actor's spine.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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In another, the bot mistook a mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Polyp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyp. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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