lubricate
Example Sentences
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Drilling fluid is a liquid used to cool and lubricate equipment during drilling.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
“They only constrict your blood vessels to decrease the appearance of redness, but they won’t actually lubricate your eyes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
The movie, which Tom Gustafson directed and Cory Krueckeberg wrote, weaves together various Indigo Girls songs from various eras in order to lubricate communication.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024
"These initial results demonstrate the immense potential of AI for developing more accurate and cheaper methods for estimating emissions from agriculture. This may lubricate carbon markets and incentivize adoption of climate-smart practices."
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
These pairs pop out of the text at us, and when they belong to the same phrase they can lubricate the parsing process, allowing the words to be joined up quickly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing lubricate
The Cay
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