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Recent Examples of suction
Your doctor may recommend an over-the-counter medication such as Tylenol to reduce fever, or nasal saline drops and suctioning to clear a stuffy nose.
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
A lot of guys are starting to explore the idea that clothes do not have to be suctioned onto your body.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
While some surgeons routinely suction the jowls when contouring the jawline, others avoid them, staying below the jawbone and giving a wide berth to the delicate nerve.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
The inflation and deflation of the balloon acts as a suctioning force to help draw blood flow out from the heart during its contraction phase.
—Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
A lot of guys are starting to explore the idea that clothes do not have to be suctioned onto your body.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
While some surgeons routinely suction the jowls when contouring the jawline, others avoid them, staying below the jawbone and giving a wide berth to the delicate nerve.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
The inflation and deflation of the balloon acts as a suctioning force to help draw blood flow out from the heart during its contraction phase.
—Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suction
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Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have any voting power, a Scale AI spokesperson said.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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This disrupts the heart's pumping action and stops blood flow through the body.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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There was no free agency, no World Hockey Association siphoning off talent as in the 1970s, no true NHL entry draft.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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The reality is that siphoning road dollars for public transit would mean that critical projects to repair functionally obsolete bridges and unsafe roads in Cook County and across the state would no longer proceed as planned.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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“Suction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suction. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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