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Recent Examples of dilation
The Chiefs’ leader will have celebrated his 30th birthday when Arrowhead rolls out the red-and-gold carpet for Jayden Daniels & Co., but given the weird dilation of post-COVID time and the Chiefs’ watery ubiquity, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Mahomes went to high school with Sid Luckman.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
How to create the illusion of dilation by carefully layering light and dark pigment.
—Gregory Barber Sasha Arutyunova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Cervical dilation: During orgasm, the opening to the cervix dilates.
—Kelly Burch Updated, Verywell Health, 25 July 2024
Fat lines the outsides of our blood vessels, giving them support and helping to regulate dilation.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
How to create the illusion of dilation by carefully layering light and dark pigment.
—Gregory Barber Sasha Arutyunova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Cervical dilation: During orgasm, the opening to the cervix dilates.
—Kelly Burch Updated, Verywell Health, 25 July 2024
Fat lines the outsides of our blood vessels, giving them support and helping to regulate dilation.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilation
Noun
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By integrating all relevant data into one place, response times are optimized and the dispersion of information across multiple platforms is avoided.—
Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The state could take advantage of technological trends — remote work, for example — to allow for more population dispersion.—
Joel Kotkin,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Its back has orange and gray markings with a scattering of darker brown blotches.—
Aspen Pflughoeft
Updated July 9,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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From traditional burials to the scattering of one's ashes at sea, the methods for the deceased to be honored are as varied as the cultures that comprise our world.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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“Dilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilation. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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