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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

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement sales, which make up the bulk of Edwards Lifesciences’ 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

Mice were exposed to either live or heat inactivated P. gingivalis to determine whether the bacteria accumulated in the aortic valve, increased calcium deposits, and produced symptoms consistent with aortic stenosis.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Another day of that clatter would have sealed my valve for good.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

He said the company had inspected the high-pressure valves three days before the mall reopened June 13.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The findings do not suggest that SSRIs generally damage healthy heart valves.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

The whole system runs automatically and uses a local wireless network to connect the control box and the various valves.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

And then he lifted up both gloved hands and fiddled with the valves until the balloon made a steep descent.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Still today, the World Health Organization advises against using valved N95s.

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

I have my own idea about what I want to do for a valving system.'

From Time Magazine Archive

The biggest changes are new, softer dual-rate springs and revised valving.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally Commander Lansdowne had to reconcile himself to "valving" the helium and allowing some 20,000 feet of the precious gas to escape at an estimated cost of $4,000.

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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