coal
Example Sentences
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Natural gas from shale hastened the demise of coal, and China’s solar manufacturing build-out slashed the cost of panels.
He is also thinking about dropping a lump of coal in the stockings of defense investors.
From Barron's
My friend goes for Netflix’s original seasonal blockbuster, “Fireplace For Your Home,” which shows nothing but a burning wonder slowly fading to glowing coals and feathery ash.
From Salon
Weyerhaeuser, America’s largest private landowner, launched a venture to turn runty trees and sawdust from its mills into a replacement for metallurgical coal used in steel making.
It is different from steam coal, which is burned to generate electricity.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
