cleavage
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The team then narrowed their focus to proteins that are secreted outside cells, a key feature of hormones, and that contain multiple potential cleavage points.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026
“It created a cleavage with the United States that was really necessary.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
“Although race is often cited as the central cleavage in America, the single most powerful predictor of voting intention is religion,” the Economist noted.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
This cleavage process is activated by saturated fatty acids and deactivated by polyunsaturated fatty acids, suggesting that RHBDL4's activity is modulated by the type of fatty acid.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
She had memorized a phrase: cleavage; epiboly, and organogenesis.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
“There are toxic cleavages and an incipient social fragmentation that can easily turn into instability.”
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Pop music has always gone hand in hand with strong opinions and heated debates — including the kinds of generational cleavages that inspire finger-wagging lectures.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
More recently, cleavages stemming from class, race, religion, gender, and ethnicity, split the country into antagonistic factions.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020
Opened to great fanfare three years ago, it was considered a symbol of Ethiopia’s booming economy but now appears to be a witness to the deep cleavages in society.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2018
Further, the accidents of history are constantly rearranging the borders of culture areas without necessarily effacing the existing linguistic cleavages.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
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