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Recent Examples of hyperacute
Southmead Hospital, about an hour's drive from Gatcombe Park, specializes in major trauma, neurosciences, a hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, according to a palace statement.
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
The hub is esteemed as the regional specialist intensive care unit for major trauma, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, a palace statement said.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Some edits disabled three genes involved in hyperacute rejection, which occurs minutes after a transplant when the recipient’s immune system recognizes the new organ as foreign.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Newton is a logical thinker and a hyperacute observer, with a prodigious memory and a lacerating honesty.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
In hyperacute rejection, large blood clots rapidly form, obstructing the blood supply of the donor organ.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The first and most dangerous hurdle is hyperacute rejection.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
The transplantation itself went smoothly: the kidneys showed no signs of hyperacute rejection and even began to function.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
The hub is esteemed as the regional specialist intensive care unit for major trauma, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, a palace statement said.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Some edits disabled three genes involved in hyperacute rejection, which occurs minutes after a transplant when the recipient’s immune system recognizes the new organ as foreign.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Newton is a logical thinker and a hyperacute observer, with a prodigious memory and a lacerating honesty.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
In hyperacute rejection, large blood clots rapidly form, obstructing the blood supply of the donor organ.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The first and most dangerous hurdle is hyperacute rejection.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
The transplantation itself went smoothly: the kidneys showed no signs of hyperacute rejection and even began to function.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperacute
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Lee was an editor, writer, ringleader and often the initial spark for a new character: What about a blind lawyer who fights crime using his other hypersensitive senses and was kind of a daredevil?—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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What used to be a politics of tolerance and inclusion is now seen—often rightly—as obsessed with identity, hypersensitive to offense, and incapable of self-criticism.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
9 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Exposure is linked to worsening symptoms in those with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but acute cardiovascular risks, including heart attacks and strokes, may be even more pronounced.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Timeline Expectations: The Long Road of Grief Normal grief timeline: Most young adults begin to experience some relief from acute grief symptoms within 6-12 months, though grief waves can continue for years.—
Charell G. Coleman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.—
Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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But many literary agents weren’t receptive to her change of genre.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Local government, eager to preserve the open space along Nod Road, has been receptive to most of the ideas from Kevin Casey of Simsbury Real Estate Holdings LLC.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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“Hyperacute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperacute. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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