in situ
Example Sentences
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More recently, I tidied the home of a friend who was in the hospital, the pill bottles and crumpled blankets left in situ as evidence of someone else’s pain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
He said X-ray examinations had failed to give a clear picture of one of the fuses, which meant it had to be blown in situ.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
They also demonstrate the power of in situ microscopic imaging at the single-particle level for uncovering reaction pathways in catalytic systems.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
As for the Mother Tree Project, it found that the more towering beauties left in situ, the better for all types of seedlings and plants in the test sites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In this particular study—the largest ever done on the relationship between the two cervical cancers—Jones and TeLinde found that 62 percent of women with invasive cancer who’d had earlier biopsies first had carcinoma in situ.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
