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resistance

[ri-zis-tuhns] / rɪˈzɪs təns /


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Building in space also avoids the challenges of acquiring land and meeting local regulations or community resistance to projects.

From Barron's

When overwhelming force meets unyielding resistance, the result is often explosive.

From The Wall Street Journal

She sees whether a dose adjustment is needed and whether protein intake and resistance training are at high enough levels.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Harnessing human lectins as tools to combat antimicrobial resistance opens up a fundamentally new strategy that draws on our own innate immune defenses," Kiessling says.

From Science Daily

This week, Mississippi's environmental regulator gave its green light to the gas generators at a site despite fierce local resistance.

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