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Example sentences for: stem

How can you use “stem” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"Nigeria has entered the stage where the epidemic is likely to increase at an exponential rate if adequate national response is not mounted to stem its spread.
As for the CIA's personnel problems, they seem to stem more from lack of accountability than from the basic nature of the agents.
These examples largely stem from the nature of the public sector in which federal CIOs operate.
The ability to block differentiation and simultaneously promote cell division is a distinctive characteristic of Wnt signaling which could be instrumental in the role of Wnts as stem cell growth factors, such as in the crypt of the colon, and in carcinogenesis [ 2 24 25 ] .
But you don't have to look too deeply beneath the surface to recognize that the problems Union Pacific and Aetna are facing stem from the same cause, namely overhasty and overaggressive job cutting, and that together they represent what you might call the downside of downsizing.