anneal

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Through a rapid thermal annealing process, the team formed a highly curved graphene structure with controlled pathways that allow ions to move with exceptional speed and efficiency.

From Science Daily

The melting pot of New York, curiously, produced the most distinct and separate crucibles, each annealing the complexities of identity into political causes.

From The New Yorker

We had been annealed, like a metal rod that had been broken, melted and fixed.

From New York Times

The skyscraper boasts an annealed glass exterior with 10,000 glass panels that have been cooled slowly to reduce internal stress, meaning the glass shouldn’t break into shards if it is struck.

From Washington Times

But sometimes they actually mean something different: they mean quantum annealing devices.

From Scientific American