symptomatic
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Roughly two-thirds of the global population has trouble digesting lactose, but only a fraction actually develops symptomatic lactose intolerance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Having arterial plaque does not mean that a person will inevitably develop symptomatic disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sadly, the $2,000 payment the 82-year-old mother made to her neighbor for clearing her garage is symptomatic of a lapse in judgment about the basic concepts of money, value and reasonableness, compounded by emotion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“The truth is that within the normal range, no matter your age, if you’re not symptomatic, it’s not going to do anything for you until you go way above the upper limit.”
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
The purists who call out these errors see them as symptomatic of a decline in the quality of communication and reasoning in our culture today.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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