How to Use occlusion in a Sentence

occlusion

noun

• In treating strokes, time is of the essence: The sooner an occlusion in the brain can be spotted, the better the chances of a patient’s survival after surgery.
  — Martin Giles, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• The occlusion was at first subtle and indeed novel, the sort of anomaly that breathes new life into an old warhorse.
  — Andrew Kahn, Slate Magazine, 21 Aug. 2017
• One of the worst-case scenarios is a vascular occlusion, which occurs if filler has caused the blood flow through an important artery to stop.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
• Suffice it to say that occlusion happens when a cold front overtakes a warm front as a cyclonic system is forming.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2016
• An occlusion occurs when cold air overtakes warm air near the center of a low-pressure system, pinching a region of warm air above the earth’s surface.
  — Dennis Mersereau, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
• The times that stents and bypasses are going to prevent death is when patients have unstable lesions that are at risk of occlusion.
  — Scientific American, 1 June 2020
• The same cannot be said for the ho-hum CGI effects applied to droids, lizards, and speeder bikes, which all play out with a weird lack of ambient occlusion or shadow adjustment.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2020
• Should a patient begin to show any red-flag symptoms of vascular occlusion.
  — Kaitlin Clark, Allure, 9 Feb. 2022
• The above gallery shows some time-of-day shifts in various locales in the demo, and these prove what the rest of the gallery hints at: UE5's stunning ability to render shadows, light bounces, and ambient occlusion.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
• Its software cross-references CT images of a patient’s brain with its database of scans to find early signs of large vessel occlusion strokes.
  — Amy Feldman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
• Still, the occlusion of that primordial cosmic view, which for thousands of generations has opened minds to the vast potential and fleeting fragility of life, comes with a real cost.
  — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• The silicone promotes occlusion, drawing moisture to the skin’s surface for a smoother appearance.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Bolsonaro has had strong episodes of abdominal pain, including occlusion, since he was stabbed during a campaign event in 2018.
  — Guy Davies, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2023
• First, Matt Borgschulte — who scraped by as a volunteer college assistant on a staff that helped pioneer occlusion training.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2021
• Something about the early occlusion kept that eye and its central neural pathways from hooking up properly.
  — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
• Developers will also be able to build virtual objects into apps that can be placed in the real world, with advanced depth-mapping and occlusion.
  — Lauren Goode, Wired, 28 Oct. 2021
• Similarly, there were some questions about how the sensor system handles dirt or occlusion.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
• But their work often illustrates and compounds the suppression or occlusion of this history.
  — Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Retinal vein occlusion is linked to diabetes, high blood pressure, fatty buildup in the arteries and eye disorders like glaucoma.
  — Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• Tubal Occlusion Also known as a tubal blockage, tubal occlusion is when an ovulated egg is unable to be fertilized by sperm or to reach the endometrial cavity or uterus.
  — Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
• Additionally, pop-in issues become much more apparent for both textures and shadows, and ambient occlusion is axed across the board.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2020
• Outcomes are variable: while many patients regain a degree of vision, there are no reliable treatments for whole-eye vision loss due to a retinal vascular occlusion.
  — Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• One rare but serious risk of getting filler is vascular occlusion, which happens when a provider accidentally injects the filler into a blood vessel.
  — Kaitlin Clark, Allure, 9 Feb. 2022
• Flip back and forth to see the subtle touches of higher texture resolution and improved ambient occlusion compared to the original console version.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2022
• That paradox gets to the nub of this administration’s fraught relationship with ventilation and occlusion.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
• What's more, Project Stream's source servers appear to render the game at near-max PC settings, especially in crucial categories like ambient occlusion and shadow-map resolution.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2018
• Museum curator Paul Gardullo says that the Reconstruction Era needs to be reclaimed from myth, ignorance and occlusion.
  — Allison Keyes, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
• Another option is a left atrial appendage occlusion, such as a Watchman device, which greatly (but not completely) reduces the risk of stroke without medication.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 June 2023
• One user on the thread posted a handful of alleged PC setting screenshots that show typical options tweaks like ray-tracing, ambient occlusion and reflection quality.
  — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• Sometimes, a doctor may recommend applying this with occlusion—this means wearing gloves or wrapping the hands, ideally to allow the medication to better penetrate.
  — Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF, 7 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Jul 2024