toxic
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That led to the earliest forms of chemotherapy in the 1940s, which were toxic and imprecise, but for the first time capable of shrinking tumors and occasionally extending life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
This regulation is critical because improper activation of LypABC can be highly toxic to bacterial cells.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
“And that creates this really toxic reinforcement loop.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
CATL’s neighbors-to-be are nervous about toxic waste, after revelations that Orban ignored reports of pollution from a Samsung SDI EV battery plant near Budapest.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
In 1786, aged just forty-three, he was found dead at his workbench surrounded by an array of toxic chemicals, any one of which could have accounted for the stunned and terminal look on his face.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing toxic
Holes
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