substance
Example Sentences
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It offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional welded pipe and is ideal for carrying oil and gas, water, and other substances needing high pressure and corrosion resistance.
From Barron's
It also sidesteps the substance that gives people real confidence at work: generous health care, equal pay, respect for lawful labor practices, nondiscriminatory hiring and promotions.
This approach, the memo said, was critical in identifying harmful substances that “pose exposure hazards via ingestion, inhalation of dust, or through garden/food production.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Distributors looked at it and saw a substance and a really big idea, revolving around that wonderful sledgehammer of a line.”
One proposed approach involves crushing hydrogen cyanide crystals in the presence of substances like water to expose fresh crystal surfaces.
From Science Daily
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