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regenerate

[ri-jen-uh-reyt, ri-jen-er-it] / rɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt, rɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt /


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Within muscle stem cells, it helps preserve the genetic instructions that define the cells and allow them to regenerate muscle after damage.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

Once adult teeth are lost, they’re not replaced – unlike sharks, which continually regenerate teeth throughout life.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

I’m not a hermit, but I live in Wales, and I’m trying to regenerate the land and all this stuff.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Blackpool council is halfway through a £2 billion program to regenerate the town and has taken direct control of a number of tourist attractions, including the local waxworks museum.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

These instruments shared the ability to regenerate a held note seemingly endlessly, without a break for breath or a change in fingering.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

"We discovered at least two different stem cell populations -- one that regenerates tissues such as epidermis and neurons, and another that forms muscles and connective tissue," says Adelmann.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

Bamboo grows faster than eucalyptus and regenerates like a weed.

From Seattle Times Mar. 23, 2024

At the end of an actor's tenure as the Doctor, the character "regenerates" with somebody else then taking on the extra-terrestrial role.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2023

I wipe it away quickly, but it regenerates.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

It was to follow on from the series finale in May 2025, in which Ncuti Gatwa's incarnation of the Doctor regenerated into Billie Piper, who previously played the Doctor's assistant, Rose.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

That gives it the right to exist and flourish, to be restored, regenerated and respected.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The regenerated areas contained both skeletal components and connective tissues arranged in patterns resembling natural anatomy.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

It could also be regenerated at temperatures ranging from 700-1000 oC, roughly 500 oC lower than current approaches.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

Everything goes bright in my view—and an instant later, I’ve regenerated a pace behind the others.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

These trees "need natural disturbances such as fires," according to the government department Environment Canada, but suffer from repeated, intense fires that prevent them from regenerating.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

And instead of a knee or hip replacement, you could get new bone and joint treatments designed to reverse physical decline entirely by regenerating tissue in damaged joints.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

The most recent season concluded with a cliffhanger, with the Fifteenth Doctor regenerating into a form resembling Rose Tyler, the companion portrayed by Billie Piper.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

This was as a result of feral goats who ate every tree seedling which then prevented the forest from regenerating.

From BBC May 25, 2026

Evil was always here, regenerating, bubbling under the surface.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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