futile
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A team led by Lawrence Kazak at McGill University's Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute has now identified the molecular trigger for this alternative system, known as the futile creatine cycle.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
His behavior has alarmed free speech advocates, including the FCC’s lone Democratic appointee Anna Gomez, who noted that early station renewal reviews are exceedingly rare and largely futile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
But even if Vance had more patience and skill, his efforts would still likely be futile.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
He observes that, from an engineering perspective, it might be futile to try making machines that are fully human—after all, our various abilities have been refined through a lengthy, data-rich evolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
With the benefit of hindsight, surely we can see that piecemeal policy reform or litigation alone would have been a futile approach to dismantling Jim Crow segregation.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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