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Recent Examples of plexus
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities.
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Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
Increasing your caffeine consumption to an equivalent of three to four cups of coffee per day can also help by increasing CSF production through stimulating the choroid plexus.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Alpha-klotho is highly abundant in a central structure of the brain called the choroid plexus.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
The choroid plexus is a network of blood vessels that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
Increasing your caffeine consumption to an equivalent of three to four cups of coffee per day can also help by increasing CSF production through stimulating the choroid plexus.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Alpha-klotho is highly abundant in a central structure of the brain called the choroid plexus.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
The choroid plexus is a network of blood vessels that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plexus
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Protect Your Eyes The eye's drainage system (the trabecular meshwork) can be damaged by blunt force injury, such as an object hitting the eye.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
10 Mar. 2025
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Some of the telecommunication equipment was shielded by a Faraday cage, a metal meshwork designed to deflect a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that can fry electronics.—
Jack Randall,
USA TODAY,
15 Dec. 2024
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Go deeper: How Gen Z is thinking about AI at work Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking Methodology: A Gallup Panel web survey was conducted March 6-13 with a sample of 3,465 13- to 28-year-olds living in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Through two separate stories, the films reveal how an untraceable web of money from wealthy individuals and corporations representing business interests or religious agendas flows through nonprofits and super PACs (political action committees) to support candidates and political movements.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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Each pair is treated with a special antimicrobial technology that disrupts the growth of odor-causing bacteria, and its lightweight mesh is airy and cooling during the sweatiest of activities.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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New research estimates that mesh equaling 17,000 square meters (4.2 acres) could generate 300,000 liters (79,252 gallons) of water per week – equivalent to the amount currently trucked into the urban slum areas of the Atacama Desert, where the study took place.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
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Hinshelwood, born 20 miles away in Chichester, has come through the academy coaching system from a small boy to star in the first team and to be fast-tracked into the England’s under-21s at 19.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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More: Top Armed Services Republican and Democrat call for independent probe of Hegseth and Signal leak The retired lieutenant colonel said Hegseth appeared to have added real time updates from a secure Defense Department messaging system – a huge breach of security.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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According to the Wall Street Journal, both Cosco Shipping and Chinese conglomerate China Merchants Group have begun informal talks with Hutchison to take over some of the ports should the BlackRock deal fail.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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Over the ensuing decades, a handful of conglomerates came to dominate the American whiskey industry, acquiring smaller family-run distilleries at a rapid pace.—
Made by History,
Time,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Caribbean on the whole is a safe destination, with most countries falling under level 1.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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The show is bold, sensual, and unmistakably Faena—blending flamenco, burlesque, and contemporary dance into a captivating whole.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Across four days, an array of artists perform live at the city’s vast network of independent venues.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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What to know The CNN town hall will air on the network on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexus. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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