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vial

[vahy-uhl, vahyl] / ˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl /
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But every vial of insulin or GLP-1 medication on a pharmacist’s shelf is the product of decades of clinical trials and safety testing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

So Reavie deputized a friend of a friend in D.C. to dip a vial into the green water and ship it to him overnight.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

But lead singer Dave Bayley "actually lost" the vial of tears in the capsule and "didn't tell anyone from Nasa".

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Soon-Shiong also referred to Anktiva as a “single jab,” later adding that it was a “little vial that you inject subcutaneously.”

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

This held her lull in a small crystal vial, with a dish of plums to cut the bitterness.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

He takes vials from his refrigerator of GHK-Cu, which he tells AFP will give him "beautiful skin", and Retatrutide, which will help him "feel less hungry".

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

At facilities in Clifton, N.J., a laboratory table that normally sits empty is stacked six vials high with hundreds of feces samples, and scientists and technicians are working overtime to manage the brown onslaught.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Some people started asking in meetings why Novo wasn’t using vials, according to former Novo employees.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Cedars-Sinai told The Times in a statement it typically keeps enough vials on hand for the initial treatment of a handful of patients at any given time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The giant manservant unwrapped a soft Velcroed case containing a syringe gun and two vials.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

But by the time the health agency ordered 500,000 doses worth to be vialed on June 10, other countries with outbreaks had submitted their own orders and the earliest delivery date was October.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

When the demand for vaccines became an outcry, though, the agency found the money to pay for five million more doses to be vialed.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

My vialed water samples are sitting in a tube rack.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Little pseudo-scorpions were very abundant, and I could have vialed hundreds.

From Jungle Peace by William Beebe

In fact, his ingenuous enthusiasm for this vialled virility seems for the moment to have swept him off his feet.

From Time Magazine Archive




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