: composition in which the type is cast from molten metal
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The driver just hits a button and the door swings open to let you in, no need to juggle bags or touch hot metal.—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025 News organizations in United Kingdom were one of the last places in the world to continue using hot metal, before largely moving to computerization in the late 1980s, according to The Guardian.—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 Both instances violated fire protection procedures that require maintaining at least 5 feet of distance between hot metal surfaces and combustible material.—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 Accounts of his medieval torture methods — branding people with hot metal rods, burying them alive or keeping them chained in underground dungeons — still haunt the residents of Kunduz.—Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hot metal
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