(prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
(2) Businesses fleeing Brexit will head to New York not EU, warns LSE chief Read more Amid attempts by Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin to catch possible fallout from London, Sir Jon Cunliffe said it was highly unlikely that any EU centre could replicate the services offered by the UK’s financial services industry.
(3) Amid the passionate discussion at the NDA meeting, the two women began to develop a plan.
(4) Amid the acrimony of the failed debate on the Malaysia Agreement, something was missed or forgotten: many in the left had changed their mind.
(5) The presence of a previously unreported dipeptide transport mechanism within blood leukocytes and the selective enrichment of the granule enzyme, DPPI, within cytotoxic effector cells of lymphoid or myeloid lineage appear to afford a unique mechanism for the targeting of immunotherapeutic reagents composed of simple dipeptide esters or amides.
(6) Seconds later the camera turns away as what sounds like at least 15 gunshots are fired amid bystanders’ screams.
(7) Amid all of the worry about her health, the difficult decisions around the surgery, and how to explain everything to the children, the practicalities of postponing the holiday was a relatively minor consideration.
(8) The alignment of Clinton’s Iowa team, all but guaranteeing a declaration of her official campaign before the end of next month, was coming into view amid reports that she was due to address by the end of the week controversy over her use of a private email account as secretary of state.
(9) The aza analogue (RS)-3-hydroxy-2,5-pyrrolidinedione-3-acetic acid (6) of the five-membered citric anhydride (2) was prepared in the sequence citric acid----2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one-5,5-diacetic acid (1)----citric acid beta-amide (3)----6 and used to resolve ambiguities in the mechanism of the citrate synthase reaction.
(10) These results, in addition to binding studies with the active site titrant N2-(5-dimethylaminonaphthalene-1-sulfonyl)arginine N-(3-ethyl-1,5-pentanediyl)amide, indicate that binding interactions at the catalytic site of Thrombin Quick I are unaltered.
(11) Displacement of the active ester in the gel thus formed by various ligands containing aliphatic amino groups resulted in the formation of stable amid bonds between the ligands and the polyacrylamide gel.
(12) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
(13) Free radicals formed by the reactions of OH radicals with amides and their N-methylated derivatives in aqueous solutions have been studied.
(14) In EastEnders , the mystery surrounding the identity of Kat's secret squeeze continues amid the grinding of narrative levers and the death rattle of overflogged script-horses.
(15) Guanine nucleotides (GTP-gamma-S, GDP-beta-S) decreased the binding of 125I-labelled GLP-1(7-36)amide to rat lung membranes as was found for GLP-1(7-36)amide receptors in RINm5F cells which were also shown to be coupled to the adenylate cyclase system.
(16) The ester group in the N-acyloxymethyl derivatives was readily hydrolyzed by plasma enzymes to yield the N-hydroxymethyl amide, which subsequently decomposed to the parent amide.
(17) Soon after the takeover, PFD creative director Sue Douglas, the former Sunday Express editor, left amid reports that the company wasn't big enough for "two alpha females in Chanel".
(18) Pancreastatin is a 49 amino acid peptide with a C-terminal glycine amide originally isolated from porcine pancreas.
(19) The announcement comes amid mounting frustration in the international community over Israel’s continued settlement activity, regarded by many countries as illegal.
(20) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
Amidst
Definition:
(prep.) Alt. of Amid
Example Sentences:
(1) Thousands of desperate Syrians remain stuck inside Syria on the Turkish and Iraqi borders amidst mounting insecurity and with winter fast approaching.
(2) a tumour formation amidst normal tissue, or to exclude necrotic areas.
(3) "Whilst business will not mourn the passing of many of the bodies announced today, some were doing valuable work which must not be lost amidst the widespread cull."
(4) Amidst the economic crisis, this is happening the world over.
(5) The majority of nerves were vascular, although several non-vascular endings were observed at the growth plate and amidst marrow cells.
(6) The tools of contemporary applied mathematics reveal important hidden regularities amidst the ongoing interactive feedback phenomena occurring in interactional or dynamical systems in nature where everything affects everything else.
(7) In those tumors in which immunological cross-reactivity to PTH was detected, the capability of secreting PTH may be restricted to derepressed cell clones amidst other neoplastic cells, whereas the greater heterogeneity of ectopic PTH may reflect hormone cleavage by proteolytic enzymes in the tumor that is less specific than the Pro-PTH cleaving enzyme in the parathyroids.
(8) The man who started the move, the man who produced that one moment of skill amidst the madness, adjusted his suit.
(9) Amidst all of this relief I still feel a sense of concern … if it’s right for me to be free, then it’s right for all of us to be free.” He paid tribute to Fahmy as an “extraordinary professional” and to Mohamed as “the most amazing family man”, calling both men his brothers.
(10) Occasionally small cells were observed amidst large ones during the 24 hour nidation period, i.e.
(11) But despite all this, and amidst all the promise and expectations, it is crucially important that this election should be seen to be free and fair, so that Ukraine and its people can finally turn over a new leaf after the revolution.
(12) This first report of the natural human infection caused by R. dentocariosa is the precedent for the definite establishing of this aerobic glucose fermenting actinomycete amidst the untraditional potential pathogens of human actinomycosis.
(13) Today, the family unit can be helped to maintain normal life amidst intensive medical treatment; the child is acutely ill at times, but also chronically ill, and even well.
(14) The criteria of benignity (age under 35, presence of calcification amidst the opacity) are not always absolute.
(15) If, through the creation of the Red Cross and later Médecins Sans Frontières, the right to healthcare even in conflict has become the norm for more than a century, then we can achieve the same for education in 2014, and prise open a window of hope amidst the increasing despair.
(16) Interestingly, the histology of inhibin treated rat prostate manifested amidst the epithelial lining, an appearance of apoptotic bodies which are considered to be indicative of cell death.
(17) 'We sit starving amidst our gold', by Jeremy Deller - a block print of his image of Roman Abramovich's superyacht being destroyed by the 19th-century arts and crafts designer William Morris.
(18) The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of thoracic disease is emerging amidst much debate and study.
(19) "Beware lest amidst men the flame of foolish ignorance overpowers you."
(20) The unyielding response of Italy, France and Germany came amidst a tsunami of global condemnation for Trump’s decision to renege on an agreement made by 195 countries after decades of negotiation.