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[sod-er] / ˈsɒd ər /




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Tin is an element vital to the artificial intelligence industry, used as solder to attach microchips to circuit boards and bond together other electronics in data centres.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

It was physically impossible to solder millions of connections by hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

So from a young age, I learned how to solder motherboards and inventory microchips and would write marketing materials for COMDEX, which was the big computer trade show back then.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendment in 1986 required the use of "lead-free" piping, solder and flux in buildings.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

Food came in cans sealed with lead solder.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

In the shade of the barracks, the solders were cleaning their Kalashnikovs.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

More often than not, organizations, educational systems, companies and other systems just want good solders who do what they're told and say nothing.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024

They said they believed their father was the last survivor of the estimated 85,000 British, Australian and Indian solders who were captured when the British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces in February 1942.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

He then carefully inserts the gold wire into the needle, solders it to a connector and ensures it is electrically insulated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023

He charms the druggist’s wife into giving him a broken earphone; he salvages a solenoid from a discarded doorbell, solders it to a resistor, and makes a loudspeaker.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

I’m stripping a century of paint off the door hinges, and I soldered tight a loose brass light fixture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

For as long as I can remember, the events of that day have been present with me, soldered deeply into my psyche, though I wasn’t there to witness them firsthand.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024

They also created a low-cost, printed circuit board with built-in digital microfluidics, which the emitter is soldered to.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

And nearly all disposable e-cigarette batteries are soldered into the device, making it impractical to separate them for recycling.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

We soldered up the leaden coffin, screwed on the coffin-lid, and gathering up our belongings, came away.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Her classmate Evan, who counts soldering as a hobby, welcomed the chance to put the skills into practice in school.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

During 15 visits to Ukraine over the past year, Tokushige was struck by the fact that production was decentralized across offices, apartments and shopping malls, with part-time workers assembling smaller drones using soldering irons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Bolsonaro said he "experienced a certain paranoia between Friday and Saturday due to medication" when he had used a soldering iron on the monitoring bracelet, the document read.

From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025

"The project offered a wealth of learning opportunities. I've extended many skills, including programming, soldering and physics applications," Ms. Xu said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025

“I think he has put soldering quite out of his mind,” said Dr. Trefusis.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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