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[grohth] / groʊθ /




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They also detected disturbances in a cellular signaling system called mTOR, which helps regulate cell growth, metabolism, and responses to nutrients.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Changes in how cells process nutrients, regulate growth, and handle minerals may also play important roles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

But the growth of AWS has helped redeem the company in the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

"AI presents significant opportunities to improve productivity, strengthen public service delivery, stimulate economic growth and support the creation of new industries and employment opportunities," the presidency said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Angeline had acquired, from Fishtail, some corn with red flecks in it and Mama put these seeds into the ground with a special blessing, curious to see what their growth would bring.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

During her GCSEs she made repeated hospital visits but was told cysts and growths found during ultrasounds would pass on their own.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

Mottled green daubs represent grass; lounging amoebic growths stand in for rocks, perhaps mountain peaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

These thread like growths, known as filaments, would keep extending until they created a short circuit and destroyed the pixel.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026

The nurse said the doctor had successfully removed the growths and was sending them off for biopsies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

Ah, young sir, the Szekelys—and the Dracula as their heart’s blood, their brains, and their swords—can boast a record that mushroom growths like the Hapsburgs and the Romanoffs can never reach.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker


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