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toxicity

[tok-sis-i-tee] / tɒkˈsɪs ɪ ti /


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Protagonist’s job, Chief Executive Dinesh Patel explains, was to build in that toughness while leaving the toxicity behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Those cells accumulated in the liver and lungs and produced the type of toxicity the new strategy is intended to prevent.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mamdani won plaudits however for recently revealing thousands of documents showing what city officials knew about toxicity levels of the air in Lower Manhattan following the attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Social media is the new breeding ground for the kind of toxicity that the people mining Panettiere’s death for views purport to abhor.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

For example, the now famous cranberry-weed-killer aminotriazole, or amitrol, is rated as having relatively low toxicity.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Babies were especially vulnerable to these toxicities, resulting in high rates of infants with birth defects and illnesses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024

"This has the potential to reduce the significant toxicities associated with multi-drug regimens that are the standard for mycobacterial infections and hopefully lead to more rapid cures."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024

But genetically modified wheat has never been grown for commercial purposes due to consumer fears that allergens or toxicities could emerge in a staple used worldwide for bread, pasta and pastries.

From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023

The company Fujifilm Irvine Scientific quietly recalled four production lots of the oil used to culture embryos on Jan. 16 after complaints of problems from clinics and its internal investigation discovered the toxicities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

She wants to see whether it correctly predicts brewing toxicities and influences how doctors care for patients, perhaps enabling them to prevent hospitalizations by starting immune suppression and other treatments sooner.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 30, 2022



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