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metastasize

[muh-tas-tuh-sahyz] / məˈtæs təˌsaɪz /


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Scientists still do not fully understand what controls a cancer cell's ability to metastasize, but answering this question is essential for improving patient care.

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2026

That’s manifested in a widespread selloff that has started to metastasize beyond purveyors of enterprise software offerings.

From MarketWatch Feb. 14, 2026

But, he said, he could be among those patients whose cancers do not produce elevated PSA levels or whose more aggressive cancers rapidly grow and metastasize within a matter of months.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2025

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

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 Boyle, James

Four months after leaving office, Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Over the past year, the Epstein files have metastasized into a defining symbol of elite impunity.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2026

This issue metastasized into something greater for Oracle: The market realized that returns for stockholders could shrink if the OpenAI deal doesn’t fully bear fruit, or if any other part of the business suffers.

From Barron's Mar. 19, 2026

Although he went into remission, the cancer later returned and metastasized.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

But in that brief span the storm abruptly metastasized into a full-blown hurricane, and the visibility dropped to less than twenty feet.

From "Into Thin Air" 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

Meantime, Al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates are metastasizing throughout the region, according to U.N. and U.S. intelligence assessments.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2024

But there is a simmering rage in the electorate, and it is metastasizing.

From Salon Feb. 16, 2024

Marley had written that line a year before his death, while an operable melanoma was, at that moment, metastasizing to his lungs, liver, stomach and brain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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