metastasize
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That’s manifested in a widespread selloff that has started to metastasize beyond purveyors of enterprise software offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026
My mom’s cancer was diagnosed late and she was bounced from one provider to another, ultimately allowing her disease to metastasize past the point of no return.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
The stem cell-like state of cancer cells that do not express the androgen receptor, as well as their ability to migrate, invade and metastasize, were significantly reduced following the silencing of the SIX2 gene.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
The fault isn’t just with them — in Hollywood, blame and error metastasize — and Bach tracks how Transamerica, UA executives and the media contributed to the production’s failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Without those limitations, copyright law will bloat and metastasize into a claim of monopoly, or at least control, over the very architectures of our communications technology.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
Since Starbucks first introduced the drink category in 2012, they’ve quickly metastasized across menus, becoming the popular secret third thing for those who aren’t into the taste or price tag of coffee or matcha.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, which has metastasized to my bones,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Over the past year, the Epstein files have metastasized into a defining symbol of elite impunity.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
Investors’ minds inevitably flashed back to 2008, when the implosion of the U.S. mortgage-backed securities market quickly metastasized globally.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
By late afternoon the squall had metastasized into another major storm.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Sakaguchi said that he wanted to continue researching how to enhance immune responses in cancer and to potentially prevent cancer cells from spreading and metastasizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, from the University of Cambridge, told me: "What we've discovered is that aspirin might work, surprisingly, by unleashing the power of the immune system to recognize and kill metastasizing cancer cells."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
“These facts imply a metastasizing solvency crisis that continues to be misdiagnosed as a liquidity problem in many of the poorest countries,” Indermit Gill, the World Bank’s chief economist, wrote in the report.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
But there is a simmering rage in the electorate, and it is metastasizing.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024
I imagined the tumor metastasizing into my own bones, boring holes into my skeleton, a slithering eel of insidious intent.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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