corrugation

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Recent Examples of corrugation The 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrugation
Noun
  • These plies were sealed together under heat and pressure and cured using high-frequency electronic radio waves.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The 24-year-old plies his trade for Fenerbahce in the Super Lig.
    The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
Noun
  • And so were four coaches who spent long hours on the ice teaching jumps and spins, twizzles and loops, double and triple axels to talented skaters, some on the path to the Olympics.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Privacy and data are at the core of hyper-personalization, so doubling down on zero-party data and consumer feedback loops are a focus for us in 2025 and beyond.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This midi dress has flowy pleats similar to Middleton’s recent number.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Sparkling birdcage dresses, sheer angelic pleats, and iridescent tulle bloomers are already walking during rehearsal on the runway against artist Rithika Merchant’s towering textile panels painted with botanical and mythological references.
    Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Their love story adds a sentimental layer that, in competing for narrative space, dilutes this send-up of American imperialism.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The mounds include layers of minerals that can reveal the history of water on Mars, and they may be investigated by the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, expected to launch in 2028.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But the seams of Brooks’ writing show often, becoming impossible to ignore.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Mining Her Country’s Nightmares: In her fiction, Han Kang has probed at the seams of South Korea’s historic wounds.
    New York Times, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing really pulls or puckers, which is difficult to achieve on this type of build.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • These compounds, which look like rings at the molecular level, interact with proteins in your saliva to produce a dry, astringent sensation that makes your mouth pucker.
    Rosemary Trout, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Will be exciting to see if those Tractor Boys can plough a more productive furrow with a young Seagull flying with them.
    Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But as a teenager, Richard’s brow is creased into a deep furrow.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Image For Wynne, the buttons are not only entirely superfluous to the communication humans and dogs already have but also potentially a distraction from their natural barks and howls, their tail wags and tucks.
    Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Nice finished band in front, excellent for a dress top with a French tuck if needed.
    Taylor Lane, StyleCaster, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Corrugation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrugation. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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