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regenerate

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


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The image is at once hokey and compelling, suggesting in unwieldy terms that the monster Hansen has been chasing is like a Hydra: cut off its head, and it’ll regenerate with two more.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Scientists uncover a cellular survival mechanism that helps severely damaged tissue regenerate and may also reveal why some cancers return after treatment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

The good news is that researchers are developing therapies that do what was once thought impossible: regenerate cartilage, boost the knee’s natural ability to heal, and prevent cartilage breakdown in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

And a clever system allows you to spend the rage you have accumulated to regenerate your health.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

If he knocks me off my board, I’ll go tumbling into oblivion and regenerate behind everyone.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

The human body also regenerates, in short, dead cells are replaced by newly produced ones.

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

He regenerates a good fifty yards behind me, with a new life bar.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

By the early 2000s, the results were clear: mountain ash regenerated best on clearfell sites.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

When they removed AHR from neurons or used drugs to block its activity, damaged axonal fibers regenerated more successfully.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Panettiere gave a likeably sparky performance as Claire, a cheerleader who regenerated if she was physically harmed, and who was at the heart of the show's "save the cheerleader, save the world" premise.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

“I must be off. Leto should have regenerated by now. I will convince her to fight.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

In one video I found, Cramer, a serious-looking man in his 40s, discussed “holographic regenerating medical beds” back in 2015.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Their previous work showed that regenerating liver cells temporarily reprogram which genes they use.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

I’m learning that regenerating sometimes is just being quiet and letting ideas percolate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

The presence of telomerase meant cells could keep regenerating their telomeres indefinitely.

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




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