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valve

noun as in on-and-off device

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But when they do, it’s thought that the lake acts as a release valve, preventing pressure from building up.

Because women are often marginalized or excluded from dominant cultural narratives, irony provides us a means to subvert them and a pressure-release valve for our ambivalence about whether transformative social change is possible.

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It causes a narrowing of the aortic valve, restricting blood flow out of the heart.

The biomimetic approach enables the opening pressure to be flexibly adjusted so that the valve can be adapted to the individual needs of the patient.

Even with some type of disaster relief, Bell said loss of land, crops and infrastructure, such as sprinkler heads, valves, pipe fittings and hoses, can set a farmer back about six years or more.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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