synthetic
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Prices for crude energy products, which includes synthetic and conventional crude oil, dropped for a third straight month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Messenger RNA technology uses synthetic molecular instructions encased in tiny fat bubbles that temporarily enter cells, causing them to produce targets that train the body’s immune system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
With matcha lattes in hand, attendees walked around the synthetic turf filming content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The design offers a new way to reproduce some of the highly organized chemical functions of cells inside synthetic nanomaterials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Although we are warned that some of these will dissolve varnish, paint, and synthetic fabrics, we are presumably to infer that the human skin is impervious to chemicals.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
“You have these synthetics labeled as kratom; a lot of this is a misunderstanding,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The contract allows for limited use of synthetics, under "unusual circumstances," when a generative AI system can be used to create a character who is not based on any actual person in the world.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
Composed of icy club beats and steadfast synthetics, she describes the album as “sonically concise,” in that she intentionally used limited instrumentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Subsequent synthetics display a range of temperaments, from Lance Henriksen’s Bishop, realistic enough to pass for human, to Michael Fassbender’s David 8, the earliest Weyland-Yutani invention to achieve a lifelike version of artificial intelligence.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025
Without synthetics, processed foods like TV dinners just can’t be manufactured.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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