nasal

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Recent Examples of nasal Notably, during Thursday's outing, he was seen without nasal tubes, suggesting improved respiratory function. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 How to treat seasonal allergies Allergists said there are a number of over-the-counter medications that people can try as well as nasal sprays and rinses. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 May 2025 The inactivated viruses are then purified and mixed into a shot or nasal spray. Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 1 May 2025 The dye, also known as tartrazine, can trigger reactions such as hives, itching, nasal congestion and even asthma-like symptoms. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nasal
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Adjective
  • One strident answer is to lean into ambient intelligence.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Ken Cuccinelli was among the first and most strident.
    Molly Redden, ProPublica, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • What spooks Vara is that A.I. writes what are possibly her essay’s most piercing lines.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Only Jean-Baptiste could make such a screed so funny, so piercing and so devastating.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.
    Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.
    Stephen A. Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The highs were brighter and crisper, but never tinny or sharp; mid-range tones were rich and full, with noticeable heft compared to cheaper headphones that often leave mids sounding watered down.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2025
  • For hours when her mother was at work at the accounting office, Lin crouched by the side of the thin stream, watching the fish.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025

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“Nasal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nasal. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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