Example Sentences

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“Please stop putting gum on the fitting rooms. Sincerely, all brandy melville employees,” read one TikTok from last year with more than 700,000 views, showing a staff member pulling the gummy remains off with tissues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

When researchers inhibit 15-PGDH or increase prostaglandin E2 levels, damaged muscle, nerve, bone, colon, liver, and blood tissues regenerate more effectively in young mice.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Unlike many other tissues, articular cartilage rarely repairs itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

As brands go through creative directors like tissues, the connection to what made a house beloved seems to get fainter and fainter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He starts coughing—hard—and everyone panics, rushing to get him water, tissues.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan