grating

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By engineering a subwavelength grating, they were able to trap infrared light within a layer only 40 nanometers thick.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

This widens the gap with Grana Padano, a competitor with less stringent production rules, as well as other cheeses meant for grating.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's a grating that keeps getting covered in leaves and branches, it's never getting emptied so water comes over the top and just floods straight through."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Ms. Sears heckled Ms. Spanberger throughout the debate, and it was grating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The grating swung up towards the kitchen, and Malcolm’s numb and trembling hands found a catch above that held it firmly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman