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Recent Examples of corrugationThe corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.—Cmg Containers, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024 Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.—Chun-Yung Sung, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012 In ammonoids a more complex septum might improve the animal’s survival odds by strengthening the shell (just as corrugations strengthen cardboard).—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 And—as expected—the solid rear axle does its usual dance on corrugations as well as its obligatory wag on big one-wheel bumps.—Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023 Many are made not with potter’s wheels but a more ancient technique: coiling ropes of clay into a circle, laying one coil on top of another, then using handheld tools to smooth out the corrugations.—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 May 2023 By alternating the cardboard's corrugation, Gehry was able to create stacks of it strong enough to support a human.—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 19 Jan. 2023 But if the order originates with a poultry producer, the boxes are going to be larger, significantly stronger in composition and corrugation and lined with a coating to prevent leakage.—Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022 The multiton rolls landed on the floor, where they were moved to be cut to size and sent to the loading area to be ferried to separate facilities for corrugation — the folding-and-layering action that makes cardboard cardboard.—Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
Shutters or reinforcing with ply board can be used to block flying debris, which is the leading cause of structural breaches, these help prevent extensive damage and costly repairs.
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Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Fortunately, companies and brands that use premium cashmere will usually have information on their websites; generally speaking, the more details provided — length of fibers, ply, and gauge — the better the sweater.
Unlike most fruity orange sauces, the Pickled Prince version isn’t sugar-forward — kumquats have the perfect mixture of sweet punch and pucker to complement the habanero.
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Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
Protect your pucker while pampering it with this vitamin C mineral lip serum that comes in two shades that flatter everyone: Baby Pink and Neutral Peach.
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