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

These buyouts are absurd, an outgrowth of a crazed marketplace and undeniably screwy optics at a state university.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

“The healthcare system we have now is an accidental outgrowth of efforts to combat post-World War II inflation,” he writes.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

The rise of the meme costume might be seen as an outgrowth of the trends that prevailed before it, except today the primary aspiration is attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Nor does it necessarily contradict our explanation of fertility magic, of which it can be seen as a late outgrowth.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson