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inject

[in-jekt] / ɪnˈdʒɛkt /


VERB
introduce into bloodstream by use of a needle
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Tishman Speyer, a commercial landlord, said it and other investors will inject $235 million into the property to refurbish its aging interior and exterior.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Novo Nordisk agreed to license and develop the technology, which could cut the frequency patients need to inject its obesity and diabetes drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They were also able to inject different substances at separate depths, with delivery points spaced almost three millimeters apart.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Even though it's not routinely offered on the NHS, Ella decided to pay her dentist to inject Botox into her masseter muscles - the ones that control her jaw.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

A reporter from Science asked Southam why, if the injections were as safe as he swore they were, he didn’t inject himself.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

A lone star bite, in contrast, instantly injects a galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose carbohydrate molecule into the blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Slower model development injects uncertainty, but we are skeptical it reduces total demand over time,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Even the drama she injects into the chorus feels restrained, as that “wiry” voice slips and slides around notes, like icy wind through the walls of a mountain cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Now she injects insulin twice a day, monitors what she eats, and despite missing the spontaneity of her old life, is learning to adapt to her new one.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Air pressure is supplied by an electric motor that sucks air from the outside and passes it through virus filters and then injects it into the suit.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Pike is the only inmate to ever survive after being injected with lethal doses of execution drugs, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

If injected, it is only detectable in the urine or blood for a short window of time, and increases the amount of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the muscles, in the blood stream.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Strong earnings reports from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer overnight injected a dose of confidence into markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"By creating a device that can be injected rather than surgically implanted, we are making these therapies simpler, safer, and more accessible, while still maintaining precise control over nerve activity."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

He also injected them into rats to see if they’d cause cancer.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The PHA said needle exchange sites "are located in areas where there is an existing pattern of injecting behaviour"

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Existing scorpion antivenoms are produced by injecting horses with venom and harvesting their plasma antibodies, making them expensive to produce, variable and effective only against specific species.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

These private mortgages are injecting capital into long-disinvested communities across cities like Baltimore, Detroit and Cleveland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The complaint also accuses Peters of injecting Mendoza “multiple times” with a “fat-dissolving” drug during a November livestream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

So Tree Top has added value to an apple by injecting it with flavonoids from red wine.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan


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