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valve

[valv] / vælv /


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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement sales, which make up the bulk of the company’s top line, rose 11%, to $1.26 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Edwards Lifesciences EW -0.65%decrease; down pointing triangle narrowed its full-year sales guidance after recording double-digit growth in the latest quarter, boosted by growth in its transcatheter aortic valve replacement division.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The recent correction has served as a necessary relief valve, reducing the risk of a blow-off top while allowing leadership to broaden.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Turning the valve back on gets oil moving, but it takes time to optimize the tanker/refiner matching.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

After a while the boy said: I forgot to turn off the valve, didnt I?

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Repeated exposure to live P. gingivalis caused the bacteria to accumulate in the aortic valves of mice, leading to greater valve calcification and symptoms of aortic stenosis.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

“It’s conserve and then open up the valves again. Learn how to hold yourself in reserve a little bit and play around with energy—rather than just smash into it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

That means parents will have few relief valves to make the payments manageable.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

In Frankfurt, Samson, a maker of industrial valves, expects around 450 of its approximately 2,000 German employees to retire within the next seven to eight years.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Operators also needed to find a way to open two valves without working controls.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Guided by this logic and encouraged by experts, cities, counties, airlines, and others banned valved masks early on in the pandemic.

From Slate May 20, 2022

"It was flushed into the drainage system that leads to an oil water separator that is valved off from the detention basin," Mura said.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2022

He immediately switched from the baritone horn, a valved instrument, to trombone.

From Washington Post May 11, 2021

Mr. Sax patented his family of valved brass instruments in 1846, as militarism was sweeping Europe.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2015

He stood up, still chewing, put on his hieb, coat, and boots, and slipped otterlike out the self-sealing valved door.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

No, we have valving scenarios that are designed to handle any rider and any bike out there, bar none.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the computer, when you hit print, actually spits it out and says, 'Okay, here's the spring, here's the preload, here's the oil level, here's where you put the clickers, and here's the internal valving.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much weight is saved by better fuel tanks, pumps, valving, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

They first softened the primary piston, working a large amount on both the high and low speed compression valving in order to make the shock run a bit softer and have a much smoother action.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dean Moran, opposite, eyes clenched, lips valving open as a cobra slithers out, a shiny cobra of half-digested toffee apple, candy floss, and three of Fryer Tuck's All-American Taste-Tastic Hot Dogs, highly recommended, writhing longer.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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