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Recent Examples of dilated
Paula Andalo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
Delta 8 has been shown to slightly increase blood flow, which can result in dilated blood vessels in the eyes.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
Diagnosis and Treatment Diabetic retinopathy can be diagnosed with a dilated fundus (retinal) exam.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 July 2023
Symptoms would have started more mildly with dilated pupils, dry skin and a racing heart.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
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Adjective
Often by the time a patient sees a doctor, that person has already developed serious complications, including heart rhythm abnormalities or a dilated heart that doesn’t pump blood well.
—Paula Andalo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
Delta 8 has been shown to slightly increase blood flow, which can result in dilated blood vessels in the eyes.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
Diagnosis and Treatment Diabetic retinopathy can be diagnosed with a dilated fundus (retinal) exam.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 July 2023
Symptoms would have started more mildly with dilated pupils, dry skin and a racing heart.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilated
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Bloating causes your belly to feel full and look distended.Kathleen Felton, Health, 9 June 2024
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But for all its brawn and atmosphere and robustly choreographed combat, this is a distended historical tapestry too sprawling to remain compelling, particularly when its focus veers away from the central couple.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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The exhibition continually plays upon vacillations between intimacy and exposure, with one of the Torso prints of black and white buttocks enlarged and sprawling down the length of one gallery.Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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An influx of migrants in 2022 and 2023 enlarged the supply of workers and enabled rapid job growth despite an already tight labor market.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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His eyesight was failing and his eyes were bloodshot and protuberant.Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
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Hours and hours of rubbing abrasive pumice across the roughened marble resulted in the lustrous surfaces of the sculpture, including the high sheen of Pan’s taut chest and ribs, muscular right arm, and protuberant belly.William A. Wallace, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
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For others, the trip is an irrelevant distraction from a cost-of-living crisis as mortgage-holders struggle to find extra cash to finance loans inflated by high interest rates.Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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The contract was fraudulently inflated by $11 million, prosecutors said.Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Yet the spark of inspiration that made Apocalypse Now so vibrant and unpredictable is snuffed by a turgid obsession with military ritual.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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He was quickly flown back to Moscow, a trial date was no less quickly set — and then the turgid legal process of one exasperating delay after another took command of events.Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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Lieberman said weekend ridership increased the most, providing half-hourly weekend train services instead of hourly.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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The Orange Democrat’s vote percentage has gradually increased as more ballots have been counted in recent days, eroding Steel’s initial lead of approximately 11,000 votes.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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Apple cider vinegar could be an acceptable complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to improve the quality of life for patients with varicose veins.3 Antifungal Properties Scientific research supporting claims that apple cider vinegar contains antifungal properties remains lacking.Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 24 May 2024
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Physicians can prescribe specific levels of compression to treat certain conditions such as varicose veins, spider veins or poor circulation.Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 10 Oct. 2022
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Clad in a scarlet Jean Paul Gaultier gown and mantle, Lipa was augmented by a 53-piece orchestra, a 14-voice choir and a seven-strong band.Mark Sutherland, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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In an office augmented by AI, numerous rote tasks could be automated.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Dilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilated. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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