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symptom

[simp-tuhm] / ˈsɪmp təm /


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"Many of our roads are wearing out, the potholes are the symptom, and we've got to address what lies underneath that," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Young women finishing school and establishing themselves before starting families isn’t a symptom of social decay, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“That’s a symptom of how the larger retirement-plan market works,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

However, after treatment ended, symptom levels eventually became similar between the abatacept and placebo groups.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

But an epileptic seizure is only a symptom; the cause can be anything from a tumor, to an inherited genetic disposition to seizures, to a blow to the head.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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