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Each receptor is a protein that can recognize and latch onto many kinds of odorants — molecules that are light enough to evaporate off your cup of coffee, the wet grass outside, or the microbes in your armpits, and waft into the air and, in turn, your nasal passages.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2025
Use over-the-counter antihistamines, nasal sprays and decongestants as needed.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The Sonu Band applies this principle to a person’s sinuses, but instead of shattered glass, the user is left with a clear nasal passage.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
His wife, Karen Walsh, hovers over him, ready to depress the plunger on a nasal spray applicator.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 30 May 2025
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2025
Use over-the-counter antihistamines, nasal sprays and decongestants as needed.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The Sonu Band applies this principle to a person’s sinuses, but instead of shattered glass, the user is left with a clear nasal passage.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
His wife, Karen Walsh, hovers over him, ready to depress the plunger on a nasal spray applicator.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nasal
Adjective
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In the first piece, Belcher takes a strident approach, with deep feeling and flow.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
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This is a piercing and perceptive psychological thriller.—
Connie Ogle,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
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As America celebrates its 249th anniversary and a declaration of independence from tyranny on July 4, Bolick's comments represent his most piercing and direct condemnation of actions taken by the country's highest political leaders.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.—
Stephen A. Smith,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2023
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The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2025
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The highs were brighter and crisper, but never tinny or sharp; mid-range tones were rich and full, with noticeable heft compared to cheaper headphones that often leave mids sounding watered down.—
Tim Chan,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Cover it with a thin layer of topsoil or compost to cover the seeds.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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The market is thin in run-producing bats, and O'Hearn not only fills that need but is versatile enough to play the corner outfield spots as well.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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“Nasal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nasal. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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