surface

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These receptors sit on the surface of cells and help transmit signals that control many processes in the body.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The back-and-forth over change and the status quo broke to the surface during last month’s housing forum in downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Taken from close to the lunar surface, it showed our planet rising in the distance.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders captured the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space, with the Moon's cratered surface in the foreground.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

He put the parchment back into Rowan's hands and watched gravely as once again marks, shapes, and lines appeared on its surface, faint at first, but growing clearer by the second.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda