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Recent Examples of motility
Gut motility is how food and waste move through the GI tract and how bowel movements exit the body.
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Brittany Dube, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
Historically, testing for microbial motility has been an expensive and time-consuming task, ill-suited for incorporation into robotic space missions.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
The researchers aimed to analyze the physiological effects of carbonated water, as it has been found to induce satiety (feelings of fullness) and gastric motility (movement of food through the body), both of which could reduce hunger.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
The review suggested vitamin D could influence sperm motility and male fertility, but more studies are needed to clarify its role.11
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that protects sperm from free radical damage.
—Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Dube, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
Historically, testing for microbial motility has been an expensive and time-consuming task, ill-suited for incorporation into robotic space missions.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
The researchers aimed to analyze the physiological effects of carbonated water, as it has been found to induce satiety (feelings of fullness) and gastric motility (movement of food through the body), both of which could reduce hunger.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
The review suggested vitamin D could influence sperm motility and male fertility, but more studies are needed to clarify its role.11
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that protects sperm from free radical damage.
—Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motility
Noun
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Rebuilding nerves and maintaining mobility requires commitment.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Mar. 2025
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Doing so with a streetcar is helping transition the learnings of autonomous racing to enable safe, secure, sustainable, high-speed autonomous mobility on highways.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The team details their research in the journal Science Robotics, describing how their robot successfully switched between different locomotion modes while navigating a 2.8-mile test path across mountainous, aquatic and urban landscapes.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, scientists will continue to analyze the vast dataset collected, aiming to unlock further secrets about dinosaur locomotion and behavior.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In open session at 5 p.m., the council will give final approval to a change in council procedures to allow for a motion and second before further consideration of an agenda item.—
Laura Groch
Feb. 5,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2023
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As the play starts, Demetric Felton Jr. will go in orbit motion to stress the flat of the Ravens.—
Lance Reisland,
cleveland,
4 Feb. 2023
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“Motility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motility. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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