How to Use buccal in a Sentence

buccal

adjective
  • Much of the online backlash to buccal fat removal comes from how the surgery can age.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2022
  • At the start of the vetting process, I was sent a buccal swab kit to collect cells from inside my cheek.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2021
  • With buccal fat removal, excess fat is taken out of the face.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Anderson also filed a motion for Hummel to submit a buccal swab, a swab of the cheek for DNA.
    Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 28 June 2017
  • The buccal phase is the body’s reflexive response to the actual presence of food in the mouth (which aids in swallowing).
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Those in the know, however, are turning to buccal massage.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 14 June 2023
  • Police have also obtained buccal swab search warrants to collect DNA from the men.
    Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • Unlike the surgery, buccal fat massages are a temporary sculpting solution to last you through the week.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The beauty critic points to the latest fad: buccal fat removal surgery, in which cheek fat is removed to create a sculpted cheekbone look.
    Anna Haines, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The entire movie is just about redeemed by sporadic closeups of Perry King’s zero-buccal-fat face.
    Hazlitt, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Unlike the name implies, buccal fat removal surgery doesn’t completely remove the fat pad.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2022
  • For those who are truly good candidates for buccal fat removal, the results can be beautiful.
    April Long, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
  • It’s been described as facial deflating given that fat is lost in all areas of the face, unlike buccal or cheek fat removal, which only takes fat out of certain areas of the face.
    Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Baleen whales suck in mouthfuls of water and extract small organisms such as krill, using fibrous buccal filters.
    The Economist, 14 Dec. 2019
  • The post is correct, though, that cheek swabs — called buccal smears, which retrieve a few cells from inside the cheek — are often used for genetic tests, according to the National Institutes of Health.
    Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
  • Phoenix Delcampo ultimately submitted to a DNA buccal swab the same day after being told about the court order.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022
  • She was placed under arrest as a fugitive from justice, which prohibited her from having a firearm, and was taken to the Solon jail, where police took a buccal swab for DNA testing purposes.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Unlike great whites and tiger sharks, which must keep swimming to ventilate their gills, draughtsboard sharks are a species of buccal pumping sharks, which manually push water over their gills to take in oxygen while stationary.
    Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Teigen's facial plastic surgeon, Jason Diamond, MD—who also did her buccal fat removal—posted about his most recent work, as well.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Everyday on social media, we are presented with new trends like double cleansing, buccal fat reduction, no-poo shampoo, cloud skin, filters in a bottle, and skin flooding.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Some are accusing creators of subjecting Barney to buccal fat removal — a trendy cosmetic procedure that eliminates fat from cheeks, leading to a more sculpted and contoured look.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some patients complain of drooping after aggressive buccal fat removal.
    Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The judge also granted a prosecution request to obtain additional fingerprint and buccal swab samples from Cross.
    Dan Campana, Elgin Courier-News, 12 May 2017
  • Audiences, especially adult ones, can be shallow, and voices, even famous ones, don’t automatically command the level of attention that buccal-fat-free celebrity faces do.
    Holly Thomas, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • However, unlike those temporary enhancements, buccal fat removal has long-term effects.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2022

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