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  • noun Plural form of stem.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stem.

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Examples

  • I have heard the doctor suggest, but know not whether he has placed the remark on record, that these parallel stems may have been but the internal fibres of some larger plant, whose more succulent portions have disappeared; and certainly, while such instances of anastomosis are rare among the _stems_ of plants, they are common enough among their

    The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829

  • Sundaram says that their confidence again stems from the differentiated strategy that Shanghvi has put in place even for the domestic market.

    India's Pharma Contrarian T. Surendar 2010

  • The name stems from tumblelog, which is a short-form mixed-media blog.

    Tumblr Valued at $800 Million Spencer E. Ante 2011

  • Sundaram says that their confidence again stems from the differentiated strategy that Shanghvi has put in place even for the domestic market.

    India's Pharma Contrarian T. Surendar 2010

  • The term stems from research done last fall by WCI Communities, a big Florida home builder.

    It's Splitsville 2007

  • The origin of the term stems from an incident when R.C. Sproul, Jr. in a good-natured, joking, and in-passing manner referred to his wife as a "Prairie Muffin."

    Archive 2007-01-01 Cliff Pickover 2007

  • The origin of the term stems from an incident when R.C. Sproul, Jr. in a good-natured, joking, and in-passing manner referred to his wife as a "Prairie Muffin."

    Prairie Muffins Cliff Pickover 2007

  • Sometimes the pain stems from a stress fracture but most commonly it's because of tender muscle tissue around the midpoint of the ankle.

    USATODAY.com - Injuries add to difficulty 2003

  • The belief that the term stems from a 1947 incident see citation where computer pioneer Grace Hopper found a moth in the Harvard Mark II computer is incorrect.

    languagehat.com: HIGH-TECH DICTIONARY. 2005

  • From another non-academic: I think that the confusion over the term stems from natural variation in individual linguistic acquisition.

    languagehat.com: NATIVE SPEAKER. 2004

  • Then he loads the song into Logic Pro, a program that lets him manipulate individual audio parts, known as stems, however he wants.

    Meet Demi Adejuyigbe, the Funniest Person on the Internet. For Now. Brian Raftery 2019

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