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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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The study was published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, the study offers rare long-term insight into how physical capacity changes over decades rather than snapshots at a single point in time.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2026

In the 1990s, the family moved back to the Muscle Shoals area and Godchaux started recording music again and playing publicly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Musically, the band is everywhere on this track; it’s Memphis again, it’s Muscle Shoals; the guitars shimmer, full of resonance.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025

That was when a huge weapons plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, switched over to making chemical fertilizer.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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