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blood bank

NOUN
blood storage
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And Alexandre’s movie theater, with its bloody spectacles, gets replaced by something very different: a blood bank, a monument to recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Some proponents have argued that prescreening is enough—that blood obtained from a walking blood bank during an emergency shouldn’t have to be screened at the time of donation if a donor recently tested negative.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Mudather died the next morning because the hospital's blood bank had been decimated by a long power outage and he could not get the transfusion he needed.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

A decade or so later, Kaufman met a veterinarian who wanted to start an animal blood bank, and they went into business.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

“I’m sorry,” she repeated, “but the blood bank is closed. We’re not taking any more donations.”

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers



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