stem
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The main pressures on Social Security stem from demographic shifts: people are living longer and birth rates have fallen, reducing the ratio of workers to retirees.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
U.S.-based Pelage Pharmaceuticals has an experimental therapy that tries to restart the hair-growth cycle from scratch by reawakening stem cells.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Researchers note that this is surprising, since most stem tetrapods are thought to have been carnivorous.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
That has happened despite an insurance department plan to stem the growth of the plan, which offers basic but costly policies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
And without waiting for an answer, she quickly produced a length of silk thread and attached the end of it to the peach stem.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing stem
Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Photosynthesis - High School
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