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marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
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Astronomers can hunt for signatures of elements in planets and their atmospheres and determine the ratio of rocky matter to icy gaseous matter present when the planet was born.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
However, liquid hydrogen offers several advantages over its gaseous counterpart.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2025
The advantage of liquid hydrogen over its gaseous form is in storage.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
However, liquid hydrogen offers several advantages over its gaseous counterpart.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2025
The advantage of liquid hydrogen over its gaseous form is in storage.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gaseous
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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