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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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These signals travel through axons, the long nerve fibers that allow neurons to send messages and control muscle movement.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Nvidia has also fought back by using its newly loaded balance-sheet muscle.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

More than make a career, what it does is it gives you sort of a muscle memory to start to see the things that human beings do that are not right.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Do you use a different muscle for comedy?

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Then I leap, throwing every ounce of muscle into propelling myself through the air.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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