sublimation
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Because Mars has a thin atmosphere and a sharp temperature difference between warm sand and the ice, the underside of these blocks instantly turns to gas in a process known as sublimation.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025
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
Readers will understandably recoil at the musician’s callousness, especially given Mintz’s sublimation of himself in the service of Lennon and Ono.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024
How about a righteous female cop who takes her cases a little too personally, going so far as to endanger herself as a sublimation of the dissatisfaction in her domestic life?
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
“I’ve gained pounds lying continuously in bed, seeking surcease and sublimation in food. Now we must run. I must leave this house. It has terrible associations.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing sublimation
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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The Water Cycle - Middle School and High School
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