How to Use molecular in a Sentence

molecular

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  • The antigen test is to the molecular test like a cloth mask is to the N95.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021
  • By the time the molecular part of the project was set to begin, the pandemic had hit.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
  • There’s now a class of at-home molecular tests that can already do that.
    — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • On a molecular level, the biosimilars are all about the same.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Fatty acids are one of the molecular building blocks that make up fats.
    — Eyleen Jorgelina O'Rourke, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The area is made up of three giant bunches of cold atomic gas called molecular clouds.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Now, that’s because of how it’s produced on the molecular level.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The newts’ toxins kill by plugging up molecular pores in muscle and nerve cells.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • One of the biggest roadblocks has been finding the right molecular targets.
    — Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The site, open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. offers both rapid antigen and molecular PCR tests.
    — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • He his famous for his molecular French fare that has earned two Michelin stars.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
  • As the star forms, the dust and gas resemble ribbons that come from a surrounding molecular cloud.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2023
  • These tests might be antigen or molecular (e.g., PCR) tests.
    — Allison Duncan, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Now scientists have traced two detailed molecular pathways from the brain to the gut that produce IBD flares.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The share of positive molecular PCR tests hit an all-time high of almost 31% on Monday.
    — Jeff Amy, ajc, 28 Dec. 2021
  • There is ceramic inside the aluminum from a molecular point of view.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
  • On the molecular menu eats-wise, the ice-cold oysters and pearls ($24) are well-suited for your social media feed and your sense of child-like whimsy.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • This gene codes for one of the six proteins that form a molecular complex called shelterin that coats and protects telomeres.
    — Jonathan Alder, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2022
  • In the new Webb image, forming stars can be seen pulling in ribbon-like gas and dust from a surrounding molecular cloud.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Mol and others are trying to learn the molecular design rules that will make this possible.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
  • This is where the new molecular cancer treatment comes into play.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The Challenge of Protein Folding Proteins are the molecular machines of life.
    — Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
  • But what provides the magic of these lights is happening at the molecular level in these gases.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • The food sensors allow the robot to digitize the texture and taste of the original dish and replicate it at the molecular level.
    — Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • So even when the ink was scraped away or faded over time, its molecular bonds remained, and those traces fluoresce under UV light.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The body’s molecular clock may also be a reason morning exercise could help with weight loss.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • According to a study published December 15 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, plants use a stealth molecular weapon to attack the cells of gray mold.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And social isolation has profound effects on the body, down to the molecular level.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2022
  • To perform the rapid molecular test, employees insert a cartridge into the reader, swab their nose and place the swab in the cartridge for results sent by phone.
    — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • But the best way to fight back is to understand this disease at its most fundamental molecular level, and to use math to our advantage.
    — quantamagazine.org, 15 Oct. 2024

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