- present participle of coat.
coating
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The anchovy sizzled itself into the oil coating those browned alliums.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The factory in Thornton-Cleveleys first start operating in the 1950s, when ICI manufactured coating for non-stick frying pans using PFOA.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
With every step farther into “the pile,” what rescue workers came to call the smoldering mass of debris, a coating of white powder got thicker and deeper—like snow that wasn’t snow, my father recalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Despite those large differences in charge, every experiment involving charged droplets produced detectable changes in the coating.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
She felt the thick layers of ash coating her hands and knees as she worked her way along down the narrow chute.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Such clothing contains antimicrobial coatings to suppress odor-causing bacteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Individual powder granules are measured in micrometres, the coatings in nanometres - they are applied using a technique known as atomic layer deposition.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
To investigate the coatings, the researchers performed structural, molecular, and pollen analyses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Most indium goes into coatings for flat-panel displays, a mature market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
He went on past street lamps covered with thick coatings of snow, gleaming like huge frosted moons above his head.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
