outgrowth
Example Sentences
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The injured tissue produced substantial neurite outgrowth, meaning the long extensions that allow neurons to communicate began growing again.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026
Trade barriers to Chinese goods are rising, and its own economy is menaced by deflation, the outgrowth of its rampant production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
It was an outgrowth of playing golf with some friends who happened to own thoroughbreds.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
“The healthcare system we have now is an accidental outgrowth of efforts to combat post-World War II inflation,” he writes.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024
The project was an outgrowth of the secret research Oliphant had been conducting at Birmingham.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
