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strains

noun as in ancestry

noun as in suggestion, hint

noun as in melody

verb as in work very hard

verb as in filter

verb as in cause mental stress

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A study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego has discovered a vulnerability within strains of bacteria that are antibiotic resistant.

One could read into this a subtextual commentary on the subjugation of women found in conservative strains of what Reed refers to as “the big three” — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — or even society in general.

There are now two strains of H5N1 bird flu circulating in California.

Both strains are H5N1; they just followed slightly different evolutionary trajectories, which is reflected in their genetic sequence.

So this vaccine contains three of the most common strains of the virus to get the best result possible.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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