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fiber

[fahy-ber] / ˈfaɪ bər /




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I began to understand which customers might have a use for skin-tightening creams, fiber supplements and artificial tears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Recycled fiber accounts for 44% of the fiber used in domestic paper mills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Fiber intake remained a concern, with more than 90% of younger adults failing to consume enough fiber in 2018.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

These compounds are produced when microbes in the colon break down fiber and other food components that pass through the upper digestive tract without being absorbed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Every fiber of him was quivering and shaking.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

These fatty molecules make up the membranes surrounding neurons, contribute to the myelin insulation that protects nerve fibers, and play important roles in communication between brain cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I have repeatedly come up against reviewers basically saying, ‘natural fibers aren’t an issue,’ but with no evidence to say that,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Arnold and his colleagues linked the problem to lower levels of a protein known as NaV1.4, which helps muscle fibers respond to signals from nerves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Cotton fibers have been found in human lungs, but research on their prevalence and effects is limited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

When you leave a leaf in water a long time after a while the tissue will be gone and the delicate fibers waving slow as the motion of sleep.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner


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