outgrowth

Example Sentences

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The injured tissue produced substantial neurite outgrowth, meaning the long extensions that allow neurons to communicate began growing again.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Squibb’s homespun realism isn’t a party trick but an outgrowth of an acting training that keeps her alert to the physical and emotional world of her character.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Trade barriers to Chinese goods are rising, and its own economy is menaced by deflation, the outgrowth of its rampant production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

At one level, you could look at the moment we’re experiencing now as an outgrowth or culmination of that force.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

This complaint was an outgrowth of the lab’s chronic shortcoming: the lack of time for basic scientific experimentation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik