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
Going after its leaders would risk a major cleavage.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2023
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
The mayor is trying to sell a more vibrant future for his city, which is facing a declining population, social cleavages over gender and income inequality, and a deepening real estate crisis as prices soar.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2021
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
The position and angles of their faces, and cleavages, the absence of bi-refringence, and their high refractive index all showed that the crystals were true diamond.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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