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Example sentences for: wasting

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Moreover, the wasting, weight loss, and cachexia associated with AIDS has also been related to TNF-α activity [ 42 ] . Thus both IFN-γ and TNF-α have the potential for a double role in the pathogenesis associated with AIDS i.e. antiviral and inflammatory responses.
He fought the bill; Sprint PCS fought back, by phone and fax, wasting a good amount of time.
The goyim were wasting their time with all those sports.
Whenever I see the term African-American , with its sixteen letters, in print twelve times in a single article, I wonder if the writer realizes how much space is wasting and how pedantic it all sounds.
Other than skin changes consistent with wasting, her examination was benign.