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Recent Examples of countercurrent
The arrangement functions as a countercurrent heat exchanger, warming blood in the veins and cooling blood in the arteries.
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
And with it, there emerged an acid countercurrent.
—David Van Biema, Time, 31 Dec. 2022
These birds rely on what’s called a countercurrent exchange to keep their feet from freezing.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
Everything down to a layer of fat under their paw pads to keep their feet from freezing and a specialized circulatory mechanism called a countercurrent heat exchanger.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
While tech venture funding falters and big tech companies contract, a countercurrent is pushing new kinds of technology into the global economy, promising a paroxysm of productivity unseen since the advent of the Internet.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
This countercurrent heat exchange allows the core of the body to remain warm while limiting heat loss when the extremities are cold, but not so cold that tissue damage occurs.
—Bridget B. Baker, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2019
For instance, countercurrent circulation evolved independently in totally unrelated organisms as a simple and efficient way to exchange heat, oxygen, and ions.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
And with it, there emerged an acid countercurrent.
—David Van Biema, Time, 31 Dec. 2022
These birds rely on what’s called a countercurrent exchange to keep their feet from freezing.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
Everything down to a layer of fat under their paw pads to keep their feet from freezing and a specialized circulatory mechanism called a countercurrent heat exchanger.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
While tech venture funding falters and big tech companies contract, a countercurrent is pushing new kinds of technology into the global economy, promising a paroxysm of productivity unseen since the advent of the Internet.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
This countercurrent heat exchange allows the core of the body to remain warm while limiting heat loss when the extremities are cold, but not so cold that tissue damage occurs.
—Bridget B. Baker, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2019
For instance, countercurrent circulation evolved independently in totally unrelated organisms as a simple and efficient way to exchange heat, oxygen, and ions.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countercurrent
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This average hid an important countertrend.Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
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Yet as Andrés Spokoiny, president and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, explains, NJPS also gave rise to a countertrend: deliberate policies of welcoming and attracting intermarried families.Andrew Silow-Carroll, sun-sentinel.com, 11 May 2021
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Planning them ahead allows families to control the environment and tenor, and make sure everyone is comfortable.Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
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It’s laced with the right tenor and amount of paranoia and ends on an unsettling note.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
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Self-Evaluation: Fascinatingly enough, current LLMs will acknowledge their propensity for hallucinations.Vall Herard, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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For Minnesota, which is dealing with some health issues as the Gophers head into their final four games prior to the holiday break, there has been an odd propensity to have to play from behind this season.Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2024
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As children darted through the home and neighbors passed food to each other, an undercurrent of anxiety, outrage and worry ran through the group.Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
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Curiously, how did get CNN to say yes to Muncie Daniels actually being a CNN pundit, especially since there’s an undercurrent that’s an indictment of corporate news media in the series.Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2024
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However, experts agreed starting a new medication could be a good time to re-evaluate your drinking habits, especially since scaling back will likely be beneficial for your health.Maggie O'Neill, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
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Briefings had been led not by the commissioner, but by lower-level executives, many of whom had made a habit of expressing hostility toward reporters and critics as the department was caught up in the swirl of corruption investigations that has engulfed the Adams administration.Maria Cramer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Players will create a custom Hunter character who travels to the Forbidden Lands filled with monsters in order to locate a missing expedition party.Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Styled by longterm collaborator Samantha McMillen, Fanning wore custom Prada with a knock-out yellow sapphire from Cartier.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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Regression to the mean is a universal undertow in sports and in life.Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Blackness tugs at the corners of her vision, an undertow from every direction.Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Countercurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countercurrent. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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