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warts

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plural of wart

as in tumors

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In a study of 154 people with this type of rectal cancer who were treated with dostarlimab, 68% had a complete clinical response at one year, which meant doctors could not see evidence of tumors on imaging or other methods for tracking the tumors.

— Alice Park, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
What was more, the data suggested that going after the therapy’s bull’s-eye might unlock the power of immunotherapy in other, more common cancers that had stubbornly rebuffed such efforts, like pancreatic and ovarian tumors.

— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of tumors

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New Yale research may help explain why some patients with a small number of growths experience debilitating pain, while others with more widespread disease do not have symptoms.

— Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Uterine fibroids are common, noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during a person’s reproductive years, according to the Mayo Clinic.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of growths

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Burls are sound, hard, woody swellings or protrusions that form on the trunks, branches, or roots of trees.

— Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026

Definition of swellings

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And just to take a step back, legumes are this incredible family of plants in nature that form nodules that are full of something called rhizobia, which are nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Deep-sea mining companies are targeting this vast reserves of metal-rich nodules to power the electric vehicle market.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of nodules

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Once a dominant force in the chip manufacturing landscape, Intel hit major delays with its 7- and 10-nanometer nodes, triggering the stock's worst year ever in 2024.

— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
The simulations ran on Aurora, Argonne’s exascale supercomputer, using 8,100 computing nodes and about 50,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) per calculation.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of nodes

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Both Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei received raises in 2025 and two pay bumps this year.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Larson took the white flag in the lead but lost 10 spots after getting shoved out of first on several bumps by Austin Hill.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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