How to Use disk in a Sentence
disk
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Over time, the disk can lose much of its gas.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
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So a very low mass star should have a disk that is also low mass.
—Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
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For one thing, the moon will be full, a silvery disk in the dark sky.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2022
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Pat into a disk and wrap in plastic.
—Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 May 2026
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Let the water cool and then remove the wax disk.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
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Wrap each disk in plastic wrap; chill at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
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Short bursts of sound waves nudged the kink a few disks at a time toward the sound source.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
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The smallest wrong move can send a disk out of whack, Frese added.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 26 Jan. 2023
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On each key ring was a disk stamped with the number of keys that should be in the set.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Each disk stood in for an atom, and the springs acted like atomic bonds.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
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Repeat process with other dough disk.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Roll out the second disk of dough the same way and leave it on your work surface.
—Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
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Wrap each piece in plastic wrap and shape into a 4-inch disk.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2022
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Divide dough in half, and shape into 2 disks.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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So the length of your laser sets the density of data on your disk.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
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That would be the distance between the two closest edges of each disk.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
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Shape each portion into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
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Press the rest of the dough into a round disk on a sheet of parchment paper.
—Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
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Unwrap one dough disk, and place on a piece of floured parchment paper.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
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But that’s not the only way our galaxy’s disk is off-kilter.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025
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Some are solid gold disks, some are transparent and some are even square.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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This creates a crescent shape of sunlight as the moon moves across the sun's disk.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
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For a 9-inch pie, shape dough into 2 disks and wrap each in plastic.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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These disks are then rested (or frozen) before being pan-fried in oil on both sides.
—Cathy Erway, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
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The sensor looks like a palm-size white disk that sits under the front rim of the toilet bowl.
—Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
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In fact, four of the disks were imaged in this detail for the first time, the researchers said.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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It can be proven that solving the game with n disks requires at least 2n – 1 moves.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2026
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The sun appears as a lumbering disk, not a discrete point in the sky.
—Justin Grieser, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
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As the moon rises, the poodle is found on the upper right portion of the disk.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
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Attach the shredding disk blade to your food processor and set it on high speed.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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