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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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But the finished product feels relatively humorless, leaving the cast looking silly in scenes that might conceivably have flown if played as deadpan comedy — not a tenor achieved or seemingly even aimed for here.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Scott, playing a gay screenwriter entering early middle age, channels angst in a tenor that will resonate with anyone who has ever confronted the fear of dying alone.Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
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China has an exceedingly high savings rate, which means a lower propensity to consume.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The picture is further complicated by the Kremlin’s propensity for both risk-taking and miscalculation.Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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The thrumming bass undercurrent, rising like some dread unknown beneath it all.Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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The stalemate continues, but the threatening undercurrent suggests this may not last.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Another headwind was changing viewing habits, with the types of spectator open to French productions increasingly consuming these works on platforms.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Use this transit to reassess your priorities — think about the long-term effects of your spending habits, and don’t be afraid to lean on a friend for advice.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Official customs data showed Monday that exports in December jumped 10.7% year-on-year, comfortably outperforming a forecast of 7.5% in a Bloomberg survey of economists.BYPeter Catterall, Fortune Asia, 13 Jan. 2025
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Different government agencies in a country—including customs, drug enforcement, immigration, and intelligence services—have different risk classifications, so the system can generate multiple risk lists.Caitlin Chandler, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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