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[rad-i-kuhl] / ˈræd ɪ kəl /




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ROS are a type of free radical, a broad term for one class of unstable, high-energy molecules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

One ambitious report published by the think tank floated the radical idea of curbing the credit-card swipe fees enforced at grocery stores.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Despite these portents, the young man was no radical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Polls show that many Ukrainians are feeling the same way, even if not everyone has yet made such a radical decision.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Gene, protein, function, and fate were strung in a chain: one chemical alteration in one base pair in DNA was sufficient to “encode” a radical change in human fate.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Yet for all his criticisms of Hayek, Skidelsky affirms that Hayek and Keynes were at one in their desire to preserve liberal civilization from the radicals of the left and right in their time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Disraeli’s personality and wit contrast favorably with the manner of today’s bland technocrats who combine the temper of Victorian radicals with the tone of Georgian political managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Among all the varieties tested, kombuchas prepared from green tea and oolong tea demonstrated the strongest antioxidant activity and the greatest capacity to neutralize free radicals.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

He insists that his focus is “the war inside Islam” between radicals and Western-aligned Muslim leaders.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

They didn’t trust the white radicals who dominated the peace movement, and they didn’t want civil rights linked with hippie protestors.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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