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powder

[pou-der] / ˈpaʊ dər /
NOUN
fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




Example Sentences

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Drop an item, like a knife, into the powdered snow and it is lost.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the early morning, Florida resident Gisela Salgado headed to a local store with a bag stuffed with clothes, coffee and powdered milk to send to her brother in Cuba.

From Barron's

She’d gone out to buy tooth powder, her husband said, and never came back.

From Los Angeles Times

The myth that there’s a bunch of dry powder poised to surge into the market is the one most likely to cost you.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some see this as ample dry powder that could continue to benefit foreign stocks.

From MarketWatch