uncontrolled
Example Sentences
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"And cancer is potentially exploiting that same principle, changing where in the genome these dynamics are more important to manipulate cell identity and encourage uncontrolled growth."
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Scientists found that consuming caffeine at night can increase impulsive behavior, raising the likelihood of risky or uncontrolled actions.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
An uncontrolled, sudden increase in voltage in the system "on a day with multiple concurrent phenomena" led to instability and "cascading generation", it said.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Since then, he’s suffered from bouts of uncontrolled sobbing and relentless nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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