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regeneration

[ri-jen-uh-rey-shuhn] / rɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Previous research into flatworm regeneration has shown that the hormone activin plays an important role in their survival.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The amount of the protein rises and falls as the cells shift between rest, tissue repair, and self-renewal, suggesting that TRF2 helps organize the regeneration process.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

Burnham has backed the regeneration of Old Trafford with a new ground for Manchester United.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

One not-for-profit social-housing provider said an eight-month delay to one of its regeneration projects resulted in a £2.2 million increase in building costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

He believed in an infinite number of worlds, all inhabited, and all subject to cycles of dissolution and regeneration.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The Doctor's regenerations allow the show to move with the times.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2021

It’s only the last couple of regenerations that have been, as it were, fairly straightforward ones.

From New York Times Apr. 10, 2017

It's true that, unlike the last few regenerations, Capaldi appeared with a Gallifreyan storm brewing in his mind and without a Doctor catchphrase.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2015

As an aside, Clara watched Matt Smith’s Doctor age hundreds of years in the last episode, and has interacted with all the regenerations of The Doctor two episodes ago.

From Forbes Aug. 23, 2014

Nor were the priests alone initiated in this manner, but also others, who were not of that order; in particular cases the regenerations were only promised for twenty years.

From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Philip Thicknesse




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