adhesive
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Their results suggest that this prehistoric adhesive may have served a second, previously overlooked purpose: helping protect wounds from infection.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The French adhesive manufacturing company continues to show improved cost discipline and higher-margin products are contributing more positively, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The ants it preys on have adhesive pads on their feet, so the contraction of the bundle of tension lines has to overcome a force of many times the ant's body weight to lift it."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
But Hong Kong-based startup PointFit offers a less intrusive alternative using an adhesive patch, whose tiny sensor reads levels of biomarkers like glucose and cortisol from the sweat on users' skin.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Nervously fluttering, she rubbed her cheek—and detached the adhesive disk.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Lactones are essential starting materials for biodegradable plastics and polyurethanes, while epoxides are used to manufacture adhesives, protective coatings, and epoxy resins found in electronic materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The German consumer-goods and adhesives group nudged up its sales-growth guidance for the year after revenue came in ahead of analysts’ estimates, driven by the adhesives business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
One solution has been to develop water soluble adhesives, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He said adhesives and other raw materials used in making shoes had fuelled the fire.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Emperor of the French, and the wording on the adhesives was changed from REPUB.
From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Stanley Currie Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing adhesive
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