How to Use inhibitor in a Sentence

inhibitor

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  • A year ago, the future of IDO inhibitors looked bright.
    — Ken Garber, Science | AAAS, 9 May 2018
  • Add water to the jellied mass of seeds to leach and ferment away the inhibitors.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • In the case of Flint, corrosion inhibitors were not added to the water.
    — Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
  • All three are in a class called neuraminidase inhibitors.
    — NBC News, 26 June 2018
  • In March, the FDA approved the first new immune checkpoint inhibitor in eight years.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • At issue is the market for medicines called CDK 4/6 inhibitors.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Foam inhibitors: The crankshaft whipping through the oil in the pan causes foaming.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
  • One key factor is the presence of enhancers or inhibitors in these food sources.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Kind of out of the blue, this group had this small [enzyme inhibitor] program for two or three main targets.
    — Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Next, use a rust inhibitor or converter to impede the tin worm's progress.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Hung’s deal marked the first big acquisition of a PARP inhibitor.
    — Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 22 June 2023
  • In the studies, two-thirds of the men took one of the androgen receptor inhibitors, while a third took a placebo.
    — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The group’s lawsuit asks the court to order the city to treat the water with corrosion inhibitors, and to replace the old lead service lines.
    — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The nerve agent is a cholinesterase inhibitor, part of the class of substances that doctors at Charite said last week had shown up in Navalny's system.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The pool also has a six-inch top railing made with resin and UV inhibitors to prevent it from fading.
    — Veronica Graham, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
  • Why haven't PBMs fulfilled their promise as a cost inhibitor?
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Now the operation of the device you've been given isn't an inhibitor to the user’s work.
    — Leon Gilbert, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • They're absorbed by the body and can act as inhibitors of inflammation throughout the body.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Prep Probably the biggest inhibitor to making new friends (and lovers) is fear.
    — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 14 May 2018
  • There wouldn't be other endocrine inhibitors that are added.
    — Lori Nickel, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
  • Next, the effectiveness of the enzyme inhibitor needs to be tested against the entire virus, not just the enzyme.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The drug has been on the market since 2014 for ovarian cancer, and is the first in a new class of medicines called PARP inhibitors to be approved for breast cancer.
    — Linda A. Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2018
  • When the inhibitor was present, the RNA had no effect on the animals it was injected into.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018
  • The nerve agent is a cholinesterase inhibitor, part of the class of substances that doctors at the Charite initially identified in Navalny.
    — Geir Moulson, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2020
  • This compound is an inhibitor of enzymes that break down proteins.
    — Brittany Edelmann, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The inhibitors also can be found in some types of seeds that have a hard coating that needs to be removed in order to germinate.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
  • The first checkpoint inhibitor was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2011 to treat melanoma.
    — Mayo Clinic Staff, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • All got a type of drug, known as a checkpoint inhibitor, that blocks a crucial protein from enabling tumors to evade T cells.
    — Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Composite decks fade as UV inhibitors wear off, and concrete decks may fade as sunlight impacts pigments in the finish (especially if they weren't appropriately sealed or treated).
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This cold period causes natural germination inhibitors to break down.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024

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