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inhibition

[in-i-bish-uhn, in-hi-] / ˌɪn ɪˈbɪʃ ən, ˌɪn hɪ- /


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The study, "Neuromuscular junction failure in sarcopenia is linked to NaV1.4 loss and reversed by ClC-1 inhibition," was published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Through inhibition, the brain was seen as the self’s control center: the source of our ability not just to see, for instance, but to focus, to pay attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It added that more people treated with ziltivekimab had serious infections, but that was consistent with aiming for IL-6 inhibition.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

“I can be more daring in English. I can say the words or verbalize the thoughts with much less inhibition, because I am not as emotionally attached,” he explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Relationships between young men and women of his unpropertied class were fraught with restriction and inhibition.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

He concludes his account with the most radical abolitionist of all, John Brown, who had little patience for the inhibitions of the Bostonians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

He told The Times that his career in the editorial world encouraged him to move past certain creative inhibitions, which would later serve him in filmmaking, specifically for “Bonnie and Clyde.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

Speaking to Salon in a recent interview, Purnell explained the intricacies of embodying a character with whom we can simultaneously empathize with and criticize, while also learning how to shed certain gender-based inhibitions.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2024

Unwritten, with its ethos of releasing your inhibitions and feeling the rain on your skin, managed to avoid the cringey pitfalls and has become Natasha's most streamed song by far.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

With a start, I realize that this garden is killing my inhibitions and judgment.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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