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corrugate

[kawr-uh-geyt, kor-, kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˌgeɪt, ˈkɒr-, ˈkɔr ə gɪt, -ˌgeɪt, ˈkɒr- /






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The pulp and paper mill makes about 1,800 tons of unbleached paper and corrugate medium each day.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2023

Perhaps, in the course of breaking down a cardboard box, you’ve stopped to look at an individual panel of corrugate and noticed its resemblance to a deli sandwich.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2022

A smartphone manufacturer might want 5,000 24-inch boxes with a light grade of corrugate strength.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2022

The outer shipping box is 100% recyclable cardboard corrugate.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2020

The corrugate shapes of old harrowtroughs still faintly visible.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

During the tournament, thousands of Palestinians gathered in makeshift cafes set up inside tents or built from corrugated metal salvaged from damaged buildings to watch Egypt's matches.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

On the sands of Abersoch in Gwynedd, Beach Hut 7 is a timber and corrugated iron cabin, one of only 17 on the right-hand side of the stretch of coast.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

The corrugated steel walls are filled with very dense foam that is burning slowly and emitting gases despite ongoing water drops from helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

It's like a wing with a flexible, corrugated structure within it – something like an accordion – that allows said wing to fold down quickly, or flex with ease.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

Every day for two months the line of bullock carts came in laden with bricks and stones and cement, sheets of tin and corrugated iron, coils of rope and hemp.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

He invested in kraft vats, and when corrugating technology reached in America, he invested in that too, allowing him to produce bigger, stronger boxes capable of carrying heavier cargo, like sugar and coffee beans.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2022

It showed both the remaining footage in the current order and the processing speed of the corrugating machine.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2022

Beside me sat a man whose anxiety radiated from him in waves, like heat corrugating the air.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2021

Another kind of wave known as a bending wave is caused by a moon that orbits at an angle inclined to the ring plane, warping or corrugating the ring's edge.

From Time Magazine Archive

This object is attained in the manufacture of Mr. Francis's boats by plaiting or corrugating the sheets of metal of which the sides of the boat are to be made.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various




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