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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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intron

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɪntɹɒn/

A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.

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. intronsequences intron1 intron2 intron3 intronintron firstintron iiintron second
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Related Words

splicingprotointroninteinexonmirtronspliceosomepseudoexonmicroexon

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