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coating

[koh-ting] / ˈkoʊ tɪŋ /


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I can still conjure it: the heated seat warming my back, the hot chocolate coating my throat, the cinnamon strudel giving way under my teeth.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

After the first uncrewed test flight, Artemis I, engineers found that chunks of the heat shield's coating had cracked and broken away during a two‑stage "skip" re‑entry manoeuvre.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“She had difficulties already in her life, and there’s no sugar coating that. So we had to navigate this argument that what social-media addiction does is it preys upon the vulnerable more times than not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The lubricating coating used in the study is based on lipid bilayers, structures commonly found in the membranes of living cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The dark color that she had mistaken for the stiff black felt of a bowler hat was merely a thick coating of mud.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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