discharge
Example Sentences
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Last week, the California Coastkeeper Alliance filed a petition asking the State Water Resources Control Board to throw out the facility’s water discharge permit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
When it’s time to discharge that stored energy, adding the right amount of water causes the pellets to release enough heat to generate temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, says Cache’s founder, Arpit Dwivedi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
"Similar to conventional batteries, quantum batteries charge, store and discharge energy. But while everyday batteries rely on chemical reactions, quantum batteries leverage properties of quantum mechanics," Associate Professor Hutchison said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
"NI Water often puts the blame onto others, when their own website shows how many times they discharge sewerage into our rivers and there should be tougher punishments for them when they break the rules."
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
The text had been sliced to unreadable bits, but Lexie recognized the pale pink of it at once—the discharge form from her visit to the clinic.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.