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The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2025

Moreover, Ctdnep1 knockdown also led to increased absorption of calcium phosphate, suggestive of the suppressive role of Ctdnep1 in bone resorption.

From Science Daily May 30, 2024

The new study in Science reports that maintaining protective memory suppressive T cells is mediated by tiny populations of baby cells that remain in mothers after pregnancy called fetal microchimeric cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2023

That is why I believe protecting libraries from suppressive movements is a societal necessity.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

Suppression Versus Elimination My claim that the conventional treatment of acute diseases is suppressive and not curative will probably be denied by my medical colleagues.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry




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