suppressive
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Kidney cancer has fewer mutations to target, while bladder cancer has a more suppressive tumor environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
In addition to previously known short-term immune system adjustments, the researchers found that the mother's body keeps a longer-term supply of immune suppressive T cells that specifically recognize the next fetus by the same couple.
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
Indeed the very dogmas of the Epicurean school, if taken in all earnestness, were suppressive of lyrical enthusiasm.
From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank
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