cell

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as in room
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall a jail cell

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as in affiliate
a local unit of an organization his mission was to locate and infiltrate the terrorist cell that was believed to be hiding in the city

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Recent Examples of cell The area was so remote that the crew often didn’t have Wi-Fi or cell service — something Gilpin, who most recently starred in the Peacock sci-fi series Mrs. Davis, wasn’t ready for. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 The Brewers announced Uecker’s death Thursday on social media, with his family revealing in a statement that Uecker had privately battled small cell lung cancer since early 2023. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025 Intestinal metaplasia can develop when the cells that line your digestive tract are damaged. Sayaka Blickenderfer, Phd, Health, 16 Jan. 2025 Reese's Law requires consumer products with button cell or coin batteries to include warnings about the severe risk of injury from battery ingestion on the product and on the box. Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cell 
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  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Book a room at Hotel Excelsior Dubrovnik, a five-star landmark hotel close to the Old Town.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Thirty-two of the hotel’s 153 rooms will have kitchenettes to accommodate guests on longer stays, such as medical professionals.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support advancing the bill in the upper chamber, providing the 60 votes necessary to break a filibuster if all Republicans vote in favor.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Beginning in 1992, the Ontological-Hysteric occupied an upper chamber of the beautiful St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, and Foreman advertised his yearly shows there with blizzards of black-and-white posters, which were wheat-pasted all over the Village every winter.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
    David Keller, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In 2002, Richard Stanley, an American chemical engineer and former part-owner of the New York Yankees’ then Double-A affiliate Trenton Thunder, helped start a Little League program in the country while working as a volunteer there.
    Greg Presto, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • The company had mentioned on its website that the vessel carried life jackets in each cabin and two safety rafts for 25 people each, PEOPLE previously reported.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The film is set primarily in the cabin of a small aircraft that’s transporting a government witness, with Wahlberg playing a hitman charged with taking him out.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • With valuations rising and deal demand growing, 2025 appears set to mark a new chapter in the creator economy's evolution, characterized by more mature business models and strategic consolidation.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Bottas left the team at the end of 2021, as George Russell joined the team, and moved to Sauber, which proved to be a tricky chapter.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • Art Kit: Separate brushes and paint tubes in the top compartments; notepads and larger supplies fit snugly in the bottom.
    Kelly Roberson, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This spacious bag has a separate zippered shoe compartment at the bottom for two pairs of shoes, three large wet pockets to separate toiletries and wet clothes, and two inner slip pockets perfect for wallets, small notebooks, or accessories.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • Another misconception is that people might believe the best way to water their orchids is to put ice cubes on them, to allow for the orchids to be watered slowly as the ice melts.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The exhibition is projected onto the four walls of London’s Lightroom, a four-story building in King’s Cross that acts as a white canvas cube.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025

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“Cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cell. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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