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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 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 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 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 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
Standard toilet paper products that are generally beneficial for the septic system include recycled toilet paper, biodegradable toilet paper, tree-free toilet paper, single-ply toilet paper, and soft two-ply toilet paper.
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Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Aug. 2025
But, frankly, some folks in black and orange came off as double-ply soft in that moment.
My husband has been muttering in a loop about tuition, books, food, and transportation to and from home to campus.
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Melissa Willets,
Parents,
15 Sep. 2025
The western United States is running drier than average during a 30-year drought, which can create a feedback loop of higher temperatures and lower precipitation.
For an option that’s as fitting for the office as a European city getaway, try the Meta Wide-leg Pants, which have a stylish pleat down the front of each leg, yet are still made with the brand’s stretchy, quick-dry material.
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Bria McNeal,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Aug. 2025
The bodice mimics a button-down vest accented with bright gold buttons and flattering darts, while the skirt has subtle pleats at the top and flares into an A-line silhouette.
My workaround has been putting one pump of cream and one pump of serum together in my palm and combining them, then spreading the mixture in a thin layer over my face every morning.
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Jessica Hartshorn,
Flow Space,
10 Sep. 2025
Understanding that a hot exo-atmosphere would be large and inflated in size, and that graphite would absorb practically all of the starlight impacting that atmosphere if there were a high-altitude layer of it, represents a fascinating scenario for explaining the features of these planets.
Will Benson, the second batter in the second inning, turned on a thigh-high four-seam fastball over the inner third of the plate and drilled it 409 feet to right field.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
During his last full major-league season in 2022, Garcia averaged 94 mph with his four-seam fastball.
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.
That central bank drama is piling even more attention Friday’s speech by Fed Chair Jay Powell, who even in precedented times can move markets with a single furrow of his brow.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
Swaziland continued to plough its own political furrow against its larger neighbor until the end of apartheid.
The perfectly imperfect artsy-meets-preppy plait was secured with elastics at both the base and the ends, because who has time to do the whole hair-wrapping thing?
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Marci Robin,
Allure,
10 Sep. 2025
The look became a real-life flower crown in an adorable way, with fresh white flowers tucked into the plait.
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