cryogenic

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Recent Examples of cryogenic Among other things, research hardware aboard the Cygnus XL spacecraft will study the production of semiconductor crystals in microgravity and demonstrate a new way to keep cryogenic propellants properly conditioned during long-duration spaceflight. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 Recent breakthroughs are showing promise, however, including probiotic treatments and even appropriately Star Wars-esque cryogenic preservation techniques. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025 SpaceX sought a similar cadence before Flight 10, but mishaps during Starship's upper stage testing for Ship 36 caused an explosion on the test stand during cryogenic fueling. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025 But the cryogenic chemistry here might be less relevant than cold mathematics. Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cryogenic
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Adjective
  • Drifting With the Ice In subzero temperatures, under the dark of polar night, nearly 100 people drifted on a piece of ice for close to a year.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In what’s been called a risky, daring, and heroic mission, a Royal New Zealand Air Force crew flew 2,400 miles in 20 hours in subzero temperatures and total polar darkness to evacuate three American scientists at the McMurdo research station in Antarctica on Aug. 5.
    George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • There, the trio tinkered with ultracold electronics to show that unruly quantum effects could be made macroscopic and controlled.
    Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The achievement allows particles to be studied in significantly ‘purer’ quantum states without requiring ultracold temperatures.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, freezing temperatures are invading the Northeast and the South.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2025
  • As someone who always brings an extra jacket to the movies, the theater, coffee shops, and even summer dinners—just in case the evening turns cool—a freezing-cold airplane is one of my biggest travel pet peeves.
    Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Polar vortex to bring 'shocking' arctic blast to Ohio this weekend.
    Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Surprisingly, several glaciers are hidden in the mountains (four were only just discovered in 2010), along with numerous relict arctic plants from the last ice age.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The blast is courtesy of our old wintertime foe the polar vortex, said Weather Trader meteorologist Ryan Maue on X, while the source of the cold comes all the way from such miserably figid spots such as Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, and even the North Pole!
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • This is a full scale polar plunge.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Add in snow piles that narrow the shoulders, chain controls, and icy roads, and delays are just part of the Tahoe travel experience.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The look is finished off with an icy translucent rubber outsole.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • After playing a career-best game to tip off the season, pouring in 31 points against Indiana State, Bradford has gone cold from beyond the arc in the past two games, not attempting a three against Tennessee Tech and missing all five of his attempts on Tuesday night.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • To balance their regular caseload, Landrum said Moore police detectives passed the baton to the US Marshals, who specialized in tracking criminals across state lines and solving cold cases.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Take a hike to one of the icy-blue glacial lakes that pepper the region.
    Ally Jaksen, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The reason for this is due to the lack of glacial activity over the last several thousand years.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Cryogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cryogenic. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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