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These precursor cells can mature into oligodendrocytes, which produce the myelin sheath surrounding axons.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

"The crystallisation basins are covered by grass and sheath and so on. This is not the landscape that usually salinas are," she said, explaining the changes to the area that saltwork pumping created.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Digwa, who is Sikh, was carrying a knife in a sheath on his belt which Nowak then began filming on his phone, the judge said.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Calvin Klein, where Bessette worked before marrying JFK Jr., has a “90s Edit” on its website showcasing sheath dresses, white button-down shirts and other minimalist looks from the era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

The sword moved only a little from its sheath.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Standard CD20 antibodies are an established treatment for MS, with the antibodies targeting the renegade autoimmune cells that damage nerve sheaths.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

It requires a level of physical brain development called mylenation — the growth of fatty sheaths that wrap around nerve cells, insulating them and allowing information to travel more quickly and efficiently through the brain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

The extraordinary darkness that sheaths the Atacama, which stretches for hundreds of miles in Chile’s north, has made it a haven for astronomers searching for planets and stars shimmering in the night sky.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024

The delicate tissue sheaths that insulate each biological circuit lay in “disorganized clumps,” and throughout Mr. Card’s brain there was scarring and inflammation suggesting repeated trauma.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

She slips under my arm, her scims still in their sheaths, and hands me, to my astonishment, the Teluman blades.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir