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Recent Examples of diseased
Once removed, the diseased valves were sent for testing to see what was in those dangerous masses.
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ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
The ordinance exempts lots with single-family homes from the permitting process, and property owners cutting down diseased trees would not have to pay the fee for the removal permit.
—Aaron Sullivan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Several theories were investigated, including arsenic, diseased poultry, and spoiled chicken salad, but the exact cause was never determined.
—Steve Wiser, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 May 2025
The only curative treatment is to remove the diseased part of the colon—ideally in a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure, performed with surgical tools and a thin camera inserted through small incisions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
The ordinance exempts lots with single-family homes from the permitting process, and property owners cutting down diseased trees would not have to pay the fee for the removal permit.
—Aaron Sullivan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Several theories were investigated, including arsenic, diseased poultry, and spoiled chicken salad, but the exact cause was never determined.
—Steve Wiser, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 May 2025
The only curative treatment is to remove the diseased part of the colon—ideally in a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure, performed with surgical tools and a thin camera inserted through small incisions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diseased
Adjective
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Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first term, has become a vocal critic of the administration’s foreign policy and called the president unfit to serve.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Trump continues to dismiss Bolton as disloyal and ineffective, while Bolton has positioned himself as one of Trump's fiercest Republican critics, arguing that the former president is unfit for office and a danger to national security.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Khaleda Rahman
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Now, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has announced the arrest of 54-year-old Kela Stanford on a charge of leaving a child or an incapacitated person unattended in a motor vehicle.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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With Ted gone, an incapacitated Joe is appointed as mayor.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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In 1987, after an ailing William Casey stepped down as director of central intelligence, Reagan asked Webster to take over the CIA.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
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Actor Timothee Chalamet was praised for his portrayal of Dylan, including a visit to a New Jersey psychiatric hospital to see an ailing Guthrie, who was suffering from Huntington’s disease.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As of noon Saturday, air quality maps showed unhealthy levels in the areas surrounding the fire but better dispersion than Friday in neighboring communities like Calistoga and Pope Valley.—
Santa Rosa Press Democrat,
Mercury News,
25 Aug. 2025
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When air is stagnant, pollutants don't get dispersed, allowing ozone to build up to unhealthy levels.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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About 1 out of every 10 people who get sick with Legionnaires' disease may die because of complications from the illness.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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In Texas’s outbreak, which began in January in a largely unvaccinated population in Gaines County in West Texas, at least 762 people became sick, including the two children who died.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Some ordinary baby formula, needed for those whose mothers are dead or unable to breastfeed, or when the child is unwell, has entered Gaza since the aid blockade was loosened, UNICEF said on Tuesday.—
Dawoud Abu Alkas,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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The First Signs Amber had been feeling unwell two years before her diagnosis.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Preliminary information indicates the patient was water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior to becoming ill.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Princess Diana famously made regular ward visits, sitting on children's beds, holding hands and providing physical comfort at a time when many feared contact with seriously ill patients.—
Dakota Bennett,
ABC News,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This could spell further trouble for the Premier League, opening them up to the argument and possible legal claim that clubs were materially disadvantaged by unsound regulations.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Former President Sall dismissed the audits as technically unsound, but the announcement of nearly a quarter of GDP in unreported debt embarrassed the IMF and World Bank.—
Joël Té-Léssia Assoko,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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“Diseased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diseased. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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