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resistance

[ri-zis-tuhns] / rɪˈzɪs təns /


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Ng expects CPO prices to remain range-bound in near term, pegging resistance at 4,800 ringgit a ton and support at 4,600 ringgit a ton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The 10-year yield touching 5.3% has been something of a resistance level lately, as MarketWatch has reported.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

South Africa broke Australia's resistance in the final session to complete a famous victory in the second Test and set up a series decider in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Strength training, also known as resistance training, involves making muscles work against some form of resistance, such as body weight or elastic bands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

“It’s not like being a spy for the resistance, but it’s a start.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

The most powerful ones have to be used as rarely as possible, to give bacteria fewer opportunities to develop resistances.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024

Driven by the overuse of antimicrobials, pathogens are quickly building up resistances to once-successful treatments.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

Though mosquito insecticides exist, the pests are developing resistances, and advancements are needed to reduce their numbers and slow the spread of pathogens they carry, including the malaria parasite and the Zika and dengue viruses.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

Over time, populations within any species of bacteria emerge with one, then two or more resistances to antibiotics, until we get potentially untreatable super strains.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023

That something seemed to have rules and resistances of its own, ones that did not stem from me.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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