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apposition
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apposition
Biology growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposition of successive layers of material


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In one Newsweek article about NSA wiretapping, five appositional disclaimers were cited to describe some of the characters: He who declined to be named talking about the former director, He who didn't want to be named talking about internal matters, He who asked not to be named because of the matter's sensitivity, He who would not be named talking about agency procedures, He who wouldn't speak about internal matters on the record.
The appositional theme is further carried out in the music, which juxtaposes haunting traditional fidle and bagpipe by Alisdair Fraser and the spunky urban folk style of Ashley Maclsaac.
[3] The dome shape of the diaphragm is essential for optimal performance of the appositional and insertional components of diaphragm action[5,6] (Fig.
 
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