synthetic
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One promising application involves developing synthetic molecular sensors and switches that can regulate gene activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Deodorant, refrigeration, sewers, garbage collection and synthetic fragrances have made the environment cleaner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Lord's already has two hybrids, where synthetic fibres are inserted and mixed with a regular grass pitch, and a third will be added to the square in the spring.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
After brainstorming suitable targets with Claude, the team settled on designing a synthetic protein that could serve as an antidote to scorpion venom.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
I think the antibiotics are all synthetic these days.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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Pro-kratom groups like the American Kratom Association are pushing for bans against synthetics "posing as natural kratom".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some research suggests that cotton clothing contains fewer chemicals than synthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The contract allows for limited use of synthetics, under "unusual circumstances," when a generative AI system can be used to create a character who is not based on any actual person in the world.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
Composed of icy club beats and steadfast synthetics, she describes the album as “sonically concise,” in that she intentionally used limited instrumentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Many people from the old organic movement argued that to put synthetics in a processed food and then call it organic was a fraud.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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