cleavage
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“It created a cleavage with the United States that was really necessary.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
The structures revealed that the reverse transcriptase bound to the RNA-DNA complex that formed along the "part" of the Cas9 protein associated with DNA cleavage, the splitting of a single strand of the double helix.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
“Although race is often cited as the central cleavage in America, the single most powerful predictor of voting intention is religion,” the Economist noted.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
Going after its leaders would risk a major cleavage.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023
He examines a copy of Streeters Precious Stones and Gems; drawings of cleavage panes; trigonometric charts used for faceting.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing cleavage
Earth Science - Middle School
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