flake
Example Sentences
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Its steel surface—unlike a coating that can flake off—is hardened through a process called nitriding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Among the most significant finds include Levallois-style flake tools, sophisticated implements linked to the Middle Paleolithic Mousterian tradition -- these are often associated with Neanderthals and early Homosapiens.
From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025
Consumers view flake cereals “as more exiting and interesting than puff cereals,” she said.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
He said digs at the site have turned up about 70 items ranging from flake stones to a rare example of an early ground stone.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024
But with each defeated kite, hope grew in my heart, like snow collecting on a wall, one flake at a time.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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