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palp

verb

Definition of palp

as in to palpate

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Labor in healthcare includes taking down medical histories, making diagnoses, lifting patients, removing lumps, palpating livers, writing notes, processing claims and comforting patients.

— Kevin Vigilante, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Expect a thorough exam, during which the provider will palpate (touch) the bicep, check for swelling or tenderness, and assess your range of motion and strength.

— Sarah Jividen, Health, 11 Oct. 2024

Definition of palpate

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The music on Uncle feels innate, as if Funkhouser had dug these songs out from deep within the crawlspace in his brain.

— Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
Few people feel affection for insurance companies or hospital bureaucracies that often function less as providers of care than as barriers to it.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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Insert an oven-going thermometer into the center of an inside thigh muscle (thermometer should not touch bone).

— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2026
European natural gas futures have not yet reached the record peaks seen during the 2022 energy crisis triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, when prices briefly touched 300 euros per megawatt-hour.

— , CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of touch

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For the final punchline, Bounou shuffled right, stood upright, and palmed away Crysencio Summerville’s effort.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Al-Amri, who had a shot denied by Uruguay's Fernando Muslera earlier in the first half, put his squad ahead with a quick tap-in after Muslera palmed away a header.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 June 2026

Definition of palm

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In one scene, Evans stands completely naked in the shower, brushing his teeth with the bathroom door wide open and the cameras rolling, as Fielder stands awkwardly nearby.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Exhausted by administrators continuously brushing off the toxic hate, her family is taking the district to court.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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