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Recent Examples of hyperacute
Southmead Hospital, about an hour's drive from Gatcombe Park, specializes in major trauma, neurosciences, a hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, according to a palace statement.
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
The hub is esteemed as the regional specialist intensive care unit for major trauma, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, a palace statement said.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
The hub is esteemed as the regional specialist intensive care unit for major trauma, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, a palace statement said.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
Adjective
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Such shielding is crucial because the telescope's hypersensitive instruments will need to be cooled to prevent spurious noise from overwhelming weak signals from distant worlds.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Mar. 2014
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Jenni’s generation is an easy target — like her hypersensitive bestie Heather (Keyla Monterroso Mejia), who’s to blame for not confirming the reservation — though the film strikes just the right tone in tripping their triggers.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Even against the background of the L.A. carnage, Australia’s experience is undeniably more acute.—
Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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Polymicrobial infections are acute and chronic diseases that can be caused by a combination of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, according to the US National Insititutes of Health.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Much has changed since then, and in recent years, the Academy has grown more receptive to idiosyncratic genre films.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Engaging in that work might also involve code switching to better cater to those who may not be receptive to the work activists are doing.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Hyperacute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperacute. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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