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valve

[valv] / vælv /


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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

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

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

Ignatius belched the gas of a dozen brownies trapped by his valve.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The study examined valve tissue from 66 patients undergoing replacement for severe aortic stenosis and compared it with normal donor valves.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

A year earlier, suspected Russian hackers remotely manipulated valves on a Norwegian hydroelectric dam.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 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

By means of a number of outflow valves, Soulzeren could control thrust in different directions—forward, backward, side to side.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande distilled this widely held concern about valved masks with predictable precision in the New Yorker: “I protect me; I expose you,”

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

New springs and valving quickly took care of any of the complaints associated with the stock stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

So you go to the web site and plug in name, age, body weight, type of bike, riding skill level, height, etc., and it takes the parameters and builds a valving stack specifically for you.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up front, the new fork valving helps to keep the front end planted in turns, which allows for the rider to be more aggressive when entering a corner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The idea behind it is really to get the piston out of the way, and let the valving create all the damping.

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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