stem
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His debut piece for Coachella captured a pastel desert with a giant California poppy-turned-Venus flytrap, its long stem ending in a stylus on a record player rooted in a tree stump.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Madagascar is among several African countries taking urgent action to stem the affects of these disruptions.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Blackstone closed a $10 billion opportunistic credit fund, hitting the fund’s hard cap even as the private credit industry struggles to stem an outflow of capital driven by investor worries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Albanese has previously sought to reassure motorists that shipments of fuel continue to arrive in Australia, and petrol shortages in rural towns stem from panic buying and distribution bottlenecks.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Some think it may stem from the fact that dragon mothers cannot nurse their young, which leaves the little beasts with a lifelong craving for milk.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing stem
Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Photosynthesis - High School
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