dust
Example Sentences
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Asteroids, comets, and larger bodies crash into one another, sometimes sticking together and slowly transforming clouds of dust and ice into planets and moons.
From Science Daily
He dusted off the Monroe Doctrine – an early 19th Century American foreign policy that asserted the Western Hemisphere should be free from influence by European powers – and rebranded it the "Donroe Doctrine".
From BBC
They're not the only soaps to have been trimmed - Hollyoaks and Casualty have also reduced their episode counts, while Doctors and Neighbours have bitten the dust completely.
From BBC
The West Midlands saw freezing temperatures overnight and a dusting of snow.
From BBC
Less than 30 hours later, the dust settled on a mind-boggling stretch that confirmed a wholesale changing of the guard.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
