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Natural products are available as well Sand, wood chips, sawdust and kitty litter are often used for their anti-slip properties.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025
The straw insulates, the alfalfa adds nitrogen to help fuel tiny microorganisms, also called microbes that process the body, and the sawdust soaks up extra moisture.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
Don't worry, there is no sawdust in this pie.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Now a growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are trying a vastly simpler approach: collecting truckloads of logs, branches, wood chips and sawdust—and burying them.
—Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025
The straw insulates, the alfalfa adds nitrogen to help fuel tiny microorganisms, also called microbes that process the body, and the sawdust soaks up extra moisture.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
Don't worry, there is no sawdust in this pie.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Now a growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are trying a vastly simpler approach: collecting truckloads of logs, branches, wood chips and sawdust—and burying them.
—Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sawdust
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“Sawdust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sawdust. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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sawdust
noun
saw·dust
ˈsȯd-(ˌ)əst 
: tiny particles (as of wood) made by a saw in cutting
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