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assay

[a-say, as-ay, a-say] / æˈseɪ, ˈæs eɪ, æˈseɪ /




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One test, known as a comet assay, did detect DNA damage signals in several tissues.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

All samples were analyzed in a specialized translational laboratory using a standardized assay and measured using the current reporting standard of nmo/L.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

Dash, whose team includes former software engineers from Moderna, automates common laboratory tests such as Elisa, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is used for tasks such as evaluating a drug’s safety and efficacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2025

We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

By the mast pond, where the great spars of ships lay refracted, we saw a little girl with a bucket, a vain and minute assay at extinguishing the flames.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The analysts expect management to continue highlighting uptake of innovative instruments and assays in areas like pathology and immunoassay through the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Typically Elisa assays are built from scratch for a specific application.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2025

These assays, which are tests to mimic how well a virus attaches to a cell, allowed the researchers to precisely track how the altered H5N1 hemagglutinin interacted with human-type receptors.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

"Our computational approaches further allowed us to identify and analyze these rare events that are not visible with standard sequencing assays."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

If such a haplogroup turned up in Pena’s assays, it could write a new chapter in the early history of Native Americans.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

On the other hand, transformation is often assayed by incorporating an antibiotic-resistance gene in the plasmid to be transferred into the host organism.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

As the components of these natural toxins continue to be assayed by evolving technologies, the number of promising molecules is also growing.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2022

Dowd most famously assayed the brutal Aunt Lydia in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” for which she won an Emmy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

By using the best of four reaction conditions, 187 additional products were produced and assayed that bound to CHK1; the colour of the dots reflects the affinity ranking of the compounds.

From Nature ● Apr. 22, 2018

Again I assayed a response; this time, there was a low growl, a hideous, rasping gargle in the throat.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"The refined bullion is analysed to the highest levels of accuracy, on various methods of gold assaying," says James Jose, managing director at CGR.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024

Word reaches us that Mr. Ben Schwartz has accepted an engagement at the Paramount Studios of Hollywood, California, where he will be assaying the role of Sonic the Hedgehog.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2018

But Cult is assaying the livest of stories.

From Time ● Sep. 5, 2017

Now admittedly, assaying a defense of Mr. Weiner on this point is akin to being a Legal Aid lawywer on the night shift at Bronx Criminal Court.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2011

The seventh book is on the assaying of ore.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola




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