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regenerate

[ri-jen-uh-reyt, ri-jen-er-it] / rɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt, rɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt /


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I’m not a hermit, but I live in Wales, and I’m trying to regenerate the land and all this stuff.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Plus, the surprising ways stress can affect your body, and why humans can regenerate some tissues better than you might think.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

While creatures such as salamanders can regenerate entire limbs, humans typically heal injuries by forming scar tissue.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

New therapies aim to regenerate damaged joints for arthritis and detect breast cancer recurrence earlier using circulating tumor DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

I’m dead, struck out of the round until I can regenerate.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

The human body also regenerates, in short, dead cells are replaced by newly produced ones.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

Bamboo grows faster than eucalyptus and regenerates like a weed.

From Seattle Times Mar. 23, 2024

At the end of an actor's tenure as the Doctor, the character "regenerates" with somebody else then taking on the extra-terrestrial role.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2023

He regenerates a good fifty yards behind me, with a new life bar.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Brittin added that the show had "regenerated multiple times in its 60-plus year history" and would "do so again".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

That gives it the right to exist and flourish, to be restored, regenerated and respected.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The regenerated areas contained both skeletal components and connective tissues arranged in patterns resembling natural anatomy.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

It would allow us to overwhelm our adversaries with large, affordable salvos of weapons that can be built and regenerated quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

But images of Tartarus kept burning in his mind—the River Phlegethon, the blistered ground where monsters regenerated, the dark forest where arai circled overhead in the blood-mist clouds.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

When Mary shows up unexpectedly, asking Sam for the two things she won’t provide — forgiveness and a dress — the pair slowly find their bond regenerating, pulled back together by forces outside their control.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Once heated, the system releases purified lithium and water while regenerating the solvent so it can be reused repeatedly.

From Science Daily May 23, 2026

A simple “Substance”-eque sequence of probiotics triggers a relaxing unconscious state, regenerating a utopian gut biome in a short six to eight weeks.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Army Corps of Engineers also contributed by leveeing the Mississippi River to prevent flooding, which had the unintended effect of preventing wetlands from naturally regenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

We sit in the dark cavern of stairs, giving ourselves time like we are a starfish regenerating an arm and learning how to move again.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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