solids

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Superionic materials are unusual because they behave partly like solids and partly like liquids.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Nestle reformulated products, no longer meeting the 20% cocoa solids threshold, and created cocoa-free items from sunflower seeds and oats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Ashley said biodegradable bags could also help, adding that food recycling was for solids only, not for milk or sauces.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Foams often behave like solids at the human scale.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026

The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan