connective
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Published in Genome Medicine, the findings show that these inactive cancer cells are often surrounded by immune and connective tissue cells that may help protect them from treatment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
HSD can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms because the connective tissue within the digestive system is stretchier.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Yet, “To Share a Stomach” lays down — gingerly, gently — an alternate connective thread, spun from a mutual recognition of fallibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mr. Meyer’s connective work makes the lived experience behind these ideas easier to see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The connective tissue in his face is dissolving, and his face appears to hang from the underlying bone, as if the face is detaching itself from the skull.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
But other aspects - identifying different types of adverbs or distinguishing between subordinating and co-ordinating connectives - might raise eyebrows.
From BBC ● May 13, 2013
Throw in a few connectives to ease yourself in.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2013
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like "and" that allow you to make longer expressions.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2012
In Pentimento she seems to take pride in leaving out connectives, or capping a half-told tale with a brief coda, unrelated except for the faintest resonance of tone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Too many connectives can make it seem as if an author is belaboring the obvious or patronizing the reader, and it can give prose a pedantic feel.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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