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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.
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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
In the past, the choices were an absorbent clay whose main compound was calcium bentonite, sawdust, or sand.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 22 Sep. 2025
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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
In the past, the choices were an absorbent clay whose main compound was calcium bentonite, sawdust, or sand.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 22 Sep. 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 21 Nov. 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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