chronic
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According to the researchers, tooth loss could reflect the accumulated effects of chronic inflammation, frailty, nutritional health, lifestyle, and other systemic stresses experienced over many years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
This cost covers routine primary care visits, from annual physicals to chronic disease management.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
But the boom is reverberating beyond the tech-centric Bay Area: the money has also helped ease the state government’s chronic budget deficit by helping push income-tax revenues well above forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A balanced musculoskeletal system, in everyday life, helps prevent abnormal movement patterns that can lead to chronic injuries, even in nonathletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The doctors said it was chronic hypothermia, with bad diet and a mild case of pneumonia on top of it; but I don’t know if that accounts for all the hallucinations and mental confusion.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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