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as in tumors
an abnormal mass of tissue
found a growth on the dog's neck under her collar
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as in evolutions
the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced
the growth of the gambling industry into an economic mainstay in some locations
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Recent Examples of growths
History of Polyps Stomach polyps are growths on the inner lining of the stomach.
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Carrie Madormo, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
May Help Prevent Kidney Stones Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) are solid growths that form from compounds in the kidneys.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2025
These neoplasm growths can be either benign or cancerous.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
These benign growths are most often asymptomatic (without symptoms) and usually found by chance during imaging for other reasons.
—Md Published, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
On the recent season of , newcomer Bozoma Saint John shared her own struggle after the surgical removal of fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths that develop in a woman's reproductive tract.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, meanwhile, are cancerous growths on a more surface layer of skin.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
Short-term complications can include infections, scar formation and development of non-cancerous tumor-like growths on a nerve.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
On a recent visit, native flowers were prominent along the shaded pathway, as were numerous growths of poison oak.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Carrie Madormo, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
May Help Prevent Kidney Stones Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) are solid growths that form from compounds in the kidneys.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2025
These neoplasm growths can be either benign or cancerous.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
These benign growths are most often asymptomatic (without symptoms) and usually found by chance during imaging for other reasons.
—Md Published, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
On the recent season of , newcomer Bozoma Saint John shared her own struggle after the surgical removal of fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths that develop in a woman's reproductive tract.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, meanwhile, are cancerous growths on a more surface layer of skin.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
Short-term complications can include infections, scar formation and development of non-cancerous tumor-like growths on a nerve.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
On a recent visit, native flowers were prominent along the shaded pathway, as were numerous growths of poison oak.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for growths
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The researchers then replicated this outcome in mouse models — when the mice received a combination of immunotherapy drugs and an mRNA vaccine targeting the COVID-19 spike protein, their tumors became more responsive to treatment.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Her tumors have stabilized, and some are nearly undetectable.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Palazzolo likes to think of this and all her works as living organisms that may spend several months in different evolutions.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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That’s true of great technological evolutions, too.—
Nick Tzitzon,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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These include things like oats, coconut glycerin, and peanut butter in the lumps of coal biscuits, oats, peanut butter and bacon in the bac’n nutty biscuits, and chickpeas, tapioca flour and apples in the brushy sticks.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Cut into potatoes, and scoop the flesh into a food processor; process until no lumps remain, about 1 minute.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Estonia and the other Baltic states are among the highest spenders in NATO on defense developments, but some members, such as Spain, have lagged on meeting those targets.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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This story has been updated with additional developments.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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The company plans to continue releasing updates as testing progresses, pushing its axial flux architecture toward the next benchmark in electric propulsion.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sitting somewhere, putting on shoes, eating an apple, listening in headphones that sort of progresses into something a bit wilder.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Do this combination of 30-second progressions + 30-second recovery blocks for five rounds.—
J'ne Day-Lucore,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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The aim at Anfield was always success but small progressions would have been accepted, considering Liverpool had been only the fourth-best team in the Premier League under his predecessor Gerard Houllier.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Growths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growths. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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