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longitudinal

[lon-ji-tood-n-l, -tyood-] / ˌlɒn dʒɪˈtud n l, -ˈtyud- /
ADJECTIVE
over a protracted period of time; running lengthwise
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A 2026 longitudinal study in the Journal of Public Health reached a similar conclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

ALFA-K was developed to solve this problem by using longitudinal, single-cell data to reconstruct how cancer cells move through chromosome states over time and which states are favored by evolution.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Then, I used the longitudinal feature of the CPS to follow up with those same individuals when they were interviewed one year later.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

Marc was accepted into AllFTD, a longitudinal study that is the largest ever conducted for this disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

But the wave inside a tube, since it is a sound wave already, is a longitudinal wave; the waves do not go from side to side in the tube.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones



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