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metastasize

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


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Because these tumors often metastasize, the reptiles provide scientists with a rare chance to observe how cancer begins, evolves, and spreads under natural conditions.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 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

AJ: Dr. King predicted that if America did not address the cancer of bigotry, it would metastasize and bring down the nation.

From Salon Nov. 26, 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

Former US president Joe Biden's cancer has metastasized further, according to his son Hunter Biden, who shared the update in a recent interview with the BBC.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

I was post-surgical because I diagnosed at stage four pancreatic and had already metastasized.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

What started as insinuation soon metastasized into a serialized spectacle: “Bride of Charlie,” a multi-episode YouTube series targeting Erika Kirk personally.

From Salon Mar. 4, 2026

Others mistook malignant changes for infection, sending women home with antibiotics only to have them return later, dying from metastasized cancer.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Meanwhile, the threat is metastasizing beyond the FCC.

From Salon May 13, 2026

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

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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