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Recent Examples of sublethal
But subtler, sublethal effects, like those described above for DDT, could be much farther-reaching.
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Matthew Savoca,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2023
The third is that this dosage was sublethal, just to send a message.
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Ellen Barry and Ceylan Yeginsu,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2018
There’s a growing body of evidence, too, that neonicotinoids may have sublethal effects, says Dennis vanEngelsdorp, a bee researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved in the new study.
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National Geographic,
26 July 2016
Matthew Savoca,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2023
The third is that this dosage was sublethal, just to send a message.
—
Ellen Barry and Ceylan Yeginsu,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2018
There’s a growing body of evidence, too, that neonicotinoids may have sublethal effects, says Dennis vanEngelsdorp, a bee researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved in the new study.
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National Geographic,
26 July 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sublethal
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Decomposing food can release hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas synonymous with landfills and garbage.
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Low employee morale often grows from ongoing negative interactions and toxic workplace cultures.
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This petition must be placed within a tense French context, after several months of virulent criticism aimed at cinema.
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Topline Kanye West performed to a stadium crowd of more than 100,000 fans in Turkey on Saturday, his first performance in Europe in more than a decade, as the rapper attempts a comeback following immense backlash to his long history of virulent antisemitic remarks, which derailed his career.
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All of this played out against an increasingly poisonous political environment.
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Sago palm, oleander, foxglove, azaleas and lily of the valley are all common and all poisonous.
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Lynn's infectious personality and ongoing quest for selfies made her someone that everyone wanted to know, and her sharp wit kept readers coming back for more.
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The traveler was infectious while passing through Los Angeles County, potentially exposing others at LAX and the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel.
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The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact.
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France is a climate-conscious population; there has been a strong aversion to air-conditioning, understood, rightly, as a Band-Aid that might hasten the deleterious resolution of the climate crisis.
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The plasma process also produced very little smoke or tar, reducing harmful secondary pollutants typically associated with biomass conversion and making the technology a cleaner way to produce renewable solid fuel.
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At the same time, its flowers attract beneficial predatory insects, such as ladybugs and parasitic wasps, that naturally hunt harmful garden pests.
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But even with federal legislation prohibiting discrimination, the pernicious virus of bias infects too many institutions.
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This safety feature is indispensable, which makes this new wave of thefts particularly pernicious.
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How to handle northern snakeheads The fish is considered an injurious species under the Lacey Act, meaning it cannot be possessed or transported live, according to the agency.
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Nuisance and injurious to health.
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“Sublethal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sublethal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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