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invasive

[in-vey-siv] / ɪnˈveɪ sɪv /


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Detainees there have long said the practice is dehumanizing and invasive.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The WHI safety board reported that HRT not only increased the risk of cardiovascular disease, blood clots and gallbladder disease, it also raised the risk of invasive breast cancer by 26%.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

"This is a technique we use to monitor the development and function of the cells over time in a minimally invasive way," explains Per-Olof Berggren.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

So in case you were already frustrated by the saturation of your TV’s blaring “digital billboards,” here’s some bad news: It’s about to get more invasive.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Second, there is the Hamiltonian confidence that the concentration of political and economic power was a dynamic force; it was not a threatening cluster of invasive corruption, but a synergistic fusion of developmental energies.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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