Example Sentences

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Ions in batteries typically move between electrodes through a liquid called the electrolyte.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

Ions passing across a cell's membrane can make the cell electrically polarized.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

Ions can have either a negative or positive electric charge, which plays a role in the generation of lightning.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022

"After decades of low inflation and cheap liquidity, we have entered a new environment for investors," said Liontrust Chief Executive John Ions.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2022

Ions might charge the air, but they fell flat when it came to charging the imagination—my imagination, anyway.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris