gypsum

Example Sentences

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As the moisture moved upward through the sand, it left behind minerals such as gypsum, which is commonly found in desert environments on Earth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

For the rest of the building is disappointingly lackluster—boxy white galleries and corridors in “painted gypsum board,” i.e., sheetrock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The best remedy for high pH, Wallace said, is to add gypsum to your soil and avoid things that can make the soil more alkaline, such as crushed concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

A runaway freighter full of gypsum rammed a steel bridge, but the cause was crew inattention, not mechanical like Baltimore.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Dad would get a job as an electrician or engineer in a gypsum or copper mine.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls