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sublimation

[suhb-luh-mey-shuhn] / ˌsʌb ləˈmeɪ ʃən /




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In many ways, the film was a sublimation of the career-long anxieties of its director/co-writer, Billy Wilder, and co-star Swanson.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

But the quality of her performance depends on how deeply she can sink into the role, and Nikki will do anything — consciously or otherwise — to achieve utter sublimation, and, in turn, total perfection.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

This continuous cycle of sublimation and condensation through vertical transport is responsible for the enduring presence of sand clouds in WASP-107b's atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

But when one approaches the inner solar system, sunlight turns some of a comet’s ice into gas in a process called sublimation, forming a fuzzy, glowing cloud called a coma.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023

So I lost almost 300 liters to sublimation.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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