irreversible
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"Our findings reveal that aging in blood stem cells is not an irreversible fate. Old blood stem cells have the capacity to revert to a youthful state; they can bounce back," said Dr. Ghaffari.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
“While I know words can never be enough, I believe an apology is necessary to recognize the harm and irreversible loss your community has suffered.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
He said the process of holding people to account had become an "irreversible reckoning".
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
When trends feel irreversible, regression to the mean becomes hard to imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
That one temporary decision became irreversible, because no shipyards remained to turn out ships that would prove the folly of that temporary decision, and to serve as a focus for rebuilding other shipyards.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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