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[gran-yuh-leyt] / ˈgræn jəˌleɪt /


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Meanwhile, Enviroo recently secured £58m to build a new recycling facility in the north-west of England, specialising in converting PET drink bottles into a recycled granulate that can be used in food packaging.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

And if honey does granulate it is still perfectly fine to eat.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2023

For well owners receiving Army assistance, the long-term plans for the taxpayer-financed cleanup range from installing granulate activated filtration systems to drilling deeper wells that could tap into PFAS-free water.

From Seattle Times Oct. 23, 2022

For the A3, 45 bottles are used, ground up to create a granulate that is turned into a polyester yarn, accounting for 89 percent of the seat material.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2021

When the tincture or extract was received in the battery, it was agitated or churned until the dye began to granulate, or float in little flakes upon the surface.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

I use a frother, and a little bit of granulated monk fruit sugar on top.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

Most bakers reach for powdered sugar, but I’ll admit: I like the slight texture of granulated sugar.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2025

Surprisingly, sugar -- the white, granulated kind found in nearly every household -- served as an inexpensive, convenient source of carbon atoms.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

Feed in the granulated sugar very slowly so as to get a completely smooth, clear light mixture.

From Washington Times Dec. 24, 2023

Back then the only things Mama purchased from the store were coffee beans, granulated sugar, salt, and pepper.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

In the last kettle—the teach as it is termed—the sugar is concentrated to the granulating point, and then conveyed into coolers, which hold from two to three hogsheads.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Joseph Holt Ingraham

The hydraulic press, consequently was only used to compress the powder dust into thin cakes, which were sent to the granulating department to be used for fine grain powder only.

From History of the Confederate Powder Works by George Washington Rains

Where practicable, metals and alloys are best sampled by melting and granulating.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

In the treatment of epistaxis or bleeding from the nose, of hæmorrhage from the socket of a tooth, and sometimes from ulcerating or granulating surfaces, however, they may be useful.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

As a result of laceration or wound of any kind, fungous growths, characterized by a raw, bleeding, granulating surface, with a tendency to become pendulous, may develop on the ear.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry




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