: a thin dense transparent or semitransparent paper highly resistant to the passage of air and grease
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During the investigation, Bessette said authorities found 648 bags of heroin, 24.3 grams of crack, 13.7 grams of marijuana, 43.1 grams of crack cocaine, 563 glassine bags packaged for sale and $2,307.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Overdose crisis reaches historic levels in New York City
One of the items recovered was a stamp with the same identification that was used on the glassine envelopes found in the drug making material recovered from the day care, federal investigators said.
—Mark Crudele, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
Between roll-packing and introducing the glassine bags, prAna has eliminated over 20 million polybags from its distribution process since 2010.
—Chris Burton, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2021
Fried balls of jasmine rice, fragrant with coconut nestled against aromatic sausage, lettuce leaves, tender sprigs of cilantro, and glassine fried makrut lime leaves and bird’s eye chile.
—Washington Post, 27 June 2021
And according to court documents, before the DNA tests were done, a glassine envelope which contained the paint chip was checked out overnight — signed out to the same criminalist who had matched the blood on it to Cooper.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2020
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Overdose crisis reaches historic levels in New York City
One of the items recovered was a stamp with the same identification that was used on the glassine envelopes found in the drug making material recovered from the day care, federal investigators said.
—Mark Crudele, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
Between roll-packing and introducing the glassine bags, prAna has eliminated over 20 million polybags from its distribution process since 2010.
—Chris Burton, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2021
Fried balls of jasmine rice, fragrant with coconut nestled against aromatic sausage, lettuce leaves, tender sprigs of cilantro, and glassine fried makrut lime leaves and bird’s eye chile.
—Washington Post, 27 June 2021
And according to court documents, before the DNA tests were done, a glassine envelope which contained the paint chip was checked out overnight — signed out to the same criminalist who had matched the blood on it to Cooper.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2020
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“Glassine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glassine. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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