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topical

[top-i-kuhl] / ˈtɒp ɪ kəl /




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She had been using more topical steroids to manage her skin flares while working night shifts - but the redness had spread.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Allen’s shows are designed to be evergreens with few topical gags so they can be repeated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Its famous chorus aside, that song’s tune was lifted directly from “Billy the Kid,” a ballad written by topical songsmith Andrew Jenkins and recorded by Vernon Dalhart in 1927.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Pelage is planning to start Phase 3 studies this year for PP405, a topical “regenerative medicine approach” to hair loss that targets hair follicles stuck in the resting phase.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

They are certainly an urban adaptation of the fundamental Karhidish institution of the Hearth, though lacking, of course, the topical and genealogical stability of the Hearth.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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