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systemically

American  
[si-stem-ik-lee] / sɪˈstɛm ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that affects an entire system.


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After being administered systemically, NO-Cbl successfully crossed the blood-brain barrier and accumulated preferentially within glioblastoma tissue.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026

She said many Syrians were "deeply anchored" in Germany, holding systemically important jobs and with children in school.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

It marks a sharp escalation in a saga which has sparked uproar in Germany, and the finance ministry in Berlin swifty responded that any "hostile takeover" of the systemically important bank would be "unacceptable."

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

Of Tuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, a president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., who built schools — more than 5,000 nationally, eventually — for systemically disadvantaged Black students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

But those were momentary acts, not systemically provable acts of distraction.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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