plastic
Example Sentences
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A spindly plastic tube extended from my forehead to the “Eye Spa” machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The astronauts have instead used an alternative system which involves collapsible plastic containers that collect their urine.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Foreign plastic makers are increasingly converting their plants to use ethane rather than crude oil derivatives, he said, thanks to the lower price and greater availability of natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
In 1957, Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes were trying to create a new kind of textured wallpaper by attaching two plastic sheets together, but pockets of air got stuck in between.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
She had made vines out of strips of green plastic cut from a garbage bag.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
