How to Use isomer in a Sentence
isomer
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That is the more potent of the drug’s two isomers and can be found in both street meth and prescription medications such as Desoxyn.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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When mechanically strained, the bullvalene molecule shape-shifts into different forms, called isomers; this happens very fast, and the isomers have different electrical resistance, which alters electricity flow.
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IEEE Spectrum,
23 Oct. 2023
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Should Trump pursue this scheme of conquest, the military’s training will have to be shattered and reassembled into a destructive version of itself, as if doctors were asked to take lifesaving medicines, reconstitute them as poisonous isomers, and then administer them to patients.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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However, heat processing during canning altered the lutein and zeaxanthin isomers, which are structural variants considered less biologically active as antioxidants than their naturally occurring forms.
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Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
2 July 2026
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The cyanobacterial toxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), as well as its isomers 2,4-diaminobutyric acid (2,4-DAB), and N-2-aminoethylglycine (AEG), have been found to be extremely toxic to neurons.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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