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Recent Examples of hyperacute
Some edits disabled three genes involved in hyperacute rejection, which occurs minutes after a transplant when the recipient’s immune system recognizes the new organ as foreign.
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Emily Mullin, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Newton is a logical thinker and a hyperacute observer, with a prodigious memory and a lacerating honesty.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
In hyperacute rejection, large blood clots rapidly form, obstructing the blood supply of the donor organ.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The first and most dangerous hurdle is hyperacute rejection.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
The transplantation itself went smoothly: the kidneys showed no signs of hyperacute rejection and even began to function.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
Emily Mullin, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Newton is a logical thinker and a hyperacute observer, with a prodigious memory and a lacerating honesty.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
In hyperacute rejection, large blood clots rapidly form, obstructing the blood supply of the donor organ.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The first and most dangerous hurdle is hyperacute rejection.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
The transplantation itself went smoothly: the kidneys showed no signs of hyperacute rejection and even began to function.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperacute
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In contrast, vulnerable narcissistic leaders are insecure, hypersensitive to feedback, and prone to emotional volatility (e.g., Richard Nixon, Christina Kirchner, Vladimir Putin, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs).Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sensitivity to cold: After frostbite, the affected areas may become hypersensitive to cold, making future cold exposure more uncomfortable.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024
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The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views.James Mackintosh, WSJ, 22 June 2021
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Due to problems at home, the toddler had been diagnosed with an acute stress disorder that was impacting his speech and ability to regulate his emotions.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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And yet Elwood and Turner experience Nickel as an acute narrative dilemma, the dilemma of their lives.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
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These young ideas rarely do — and the invaluable lesson that students glean from that realization will be lost forever if administrators cut them off at the knees by continuing to appease oversensitive cry-bullies whose antics threaten these vital sandboxes.Brian Anderson, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
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Duffey said certain companies are more receptive to law enforcement than others because some prioritize their reputation for security and the integrity of their security measures over investigations.Christina Coulter, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Some Democrats have been somewhat receptive to the idea, while another contingent — including many of Biden’s allies in Congress — has forcefully rejected it.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Hyperacute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperacute. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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