excessively
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When mTORC1 becomes excessively active, muscle cells may devote too much attention to producing proteins while failing to clear away damaged ones.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
As with age-related merchandise at the drugstore, the stories are available to anyone, but they will have special application for those who have reached what the excessively tactful used to call “a certain age.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"You can't run an effective health service with staff who are excessively anxious, as well as not having the right mix of staff and the right numbers of staff."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Dario was ambitious, eager to succeed and be recognized for it, but not excessively or abnormally," says Marre, now a research director at France's INSERM.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He wears an apron over his clothes, and is busily plucking leaves from an excessively large bunch of parsley.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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