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- noun Plural form of
collateral .
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Examples
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Because by the time you've got a 90 percent blockage, it's pretty calcified, it's stable, you've had new blood vessels, the built-in bypasses called collaterals, they grow around it.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy - March 17, 2001 2001
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The collaterals were a class which almost imperceptibly had come into being.
Araminta Station Vance, Jack, 1916- 1988
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I commented last week about the futile cycle of attack and revenge (and no there is still no difference between murder and "collaterals"!).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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In Turkey, at school and outside, the ANZAC are always remembered lovingly, they are not seen as enemies we fought against but rather as innocent "collaterals" as would be called nowadays.
Anzac Biscuits for ANZAC Day Niki 2005
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Elasticity of some sort was necessary, and "collaterals," in the guise of "temporary labor," began to serve in many managerial capacities.
Araminta Station Vance, Jack, 1916- 1988
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But on either side of the damaged artery, two new smaller arteries my doctor told me they’re called collaterals had been created that fed my other coronary arteries.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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But on either side of the damaged artery, two new smaller arteries my doctor told me they’re called collaterals had been created that fed my other coronary arteries.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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"collaterals," or people who are undocumented immigrants living in Arizona whom agents encountered during the operation.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Valeria Fernandez 2010
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"collaterals," or people who are undocumented immigrants living in Arizona whom agents encountered during the operation.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Valeria Fernandez 2010
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"collaterals," or people who are undocumented immigrants living in Arizona whom agents encountered during the operation.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Valeria Fernandez 2010
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