widely used
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Factories that would normally delay payment started putting down cash upfront "because they were so eager to secure material", said Rizq Yousif, who mainly recycles PET, the plastic widely used in beverage and food packaging.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
EU foreign ministers approved the measures alongside a ban on exports to Sudan of mercury and cyanide, chemicals widely used in gold mining.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The team's solution replaces the traditional event horizon with what physicists call a "dynamical horizon," a concept that is already widely used in computer simulations of black holes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Although semaglutide is widely used, a key issue with the drug is that it needs to be injected into the belly, thighs or back of the arm.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
He’d also written one of the most famous clinical gynecology textbooks, which is still widely used sixty years and ten editions after he first wrote it.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
