as in nodule
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue
the doctor examined the node on my knee before deciding it was the result of arthritis
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Last month, Daniel White lifted up his red jail uniform to show a small node of medication the size of a walnut that protruded from his belly.
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Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
This drift carries the node early this year through the March equinox, and hence the moon's path is tilted 23.5 degrees + 5 degrees = 28.5 degrees to the equator.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Most importantly, Vance will serve as the node between the White House and Capitol Hill, focused on making sure no one is slowing down the Trump agenda in Congress.
—Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
All the work to that point had been done using the design rules—transistor and circuit geometries—for the existing 65-nanometer node rather than a future 45-nanometer node.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
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Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
This drift carries the node early this year through the March equinox, and hence the moon's path is tilted 23.5 degrees + 5 degrees = 28.5 degrees to the equator.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Most importantly, Vance will serve as the node between the White House and Capitol Hill, focused on making sure no one is slowing down the Trump agenda in Congress.
—Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
All the work to that point had been done using the design rules—transistor and circuit geometries—for the existing 65-nanometer node rather than a future 45-nanometer node.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for node
Noun
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The firm plans to mine the polymetallic nodules for valuable rare earth metals like cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, which are used in solar panels, smartphones, wind turbines and batteries.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that lipids start oozing from your blood vessels, forming yellowish nodules on your skin.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There wasn’t that much pain, and the swelling was minor.—
Hailey Salvian,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ice: Apply ice for the first 48 hours for 10–20 minutes at a time to reduce swelling and pain.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Whisk together buttermilk and egg in a small bowl or glass measuring cup; add buttermilk mixture and melted butter to flour mixture and whisky gently just until combined (some lumps will remain).—
Amanda Holstein,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2025
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Green lumps of prickly shrubs, called Eureka dunegrass, sprout up from the sand.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The latest poll showed a 5% bump in trust from December 2024.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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For a while the shock and adrenaline take over and mask the pain but then in the ambulance ride every single bump in the road was excruciating ...—
Sam Blum,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The participants first had their tumors removed sometime between 2019 and 2021.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thankfully, his treatment has gone according to plan and his tumor has shrunk for the procedure.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Node.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/node. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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