cleavage
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Hydrogenation takes place first on ZrO2 sites, and C=O bond cleavage occurs afterward.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 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
Locked, backtracked complexes are less likely to be rescued by TFIIS-driven cleavage, and more likely to delay transcription of the gene involved.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 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
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
We have first, observe, a rounded bank, broken, at its edges, into cleavages by inclined beds.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
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