epoxy

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Recent Examples of epoxy Instead, the Navy stripped the hangar's exterior and coated the steel frame with epoxy – a remediation critics considered inadequate – leaving behind a big bare skeleton. New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026 Options such as epoxy flooring, which can help avoid grout maintenance, is an example of how Simque advises clients on serviceable solutions that align with operational realities. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026 Botts and his fellow scientists also had to develop a special epoxy to affix the markers, soon dubbed Botts Dots, securely to the pavement. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026 An epoxy compound is concocted to replace discs between vertebrae and other cartilaginous elements, so the animal returns to its original dimensions and structure. Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for epoxy
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Noun
  • As with the Apollo spacecraft, Orion’s heat shield is made principally of a material known as Avcoat, a combination of epoxy resin and silica fibers, designed to absorb the fires of reentry and slowly burn off, or ablate, carrying the reentry heat away from the capsule and crew.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists in Switzerland have recently come up with a recyclable epoxy resin that could greatly slash plastic production from aircrafts, cars and wind turbines which until now were almost impossible to reuse.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Then, lather on the base coat before applying a lacquer — the second step acts as an adhesive to help the polish last longer.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • Long pool sessions, hot tubs and saunas put extra stress on the adhesive, so an overpatch is worth considering before a beach day or vacation.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Eventually one of RevMed’s chemistry teams came up with a way to use the glue concept to block all forms of the bad protein.
    Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • The Science of Glue Molecular glues work in a fundamentally different way from other oral medicines.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • No one refilling a water glass or delivering plates.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • These marks are common and hard to avoid—McAllister says they can be caused by anything from a water glass without a coaster to a warm pizza box that’s just been delivered.
    Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Dabbing that memory with superglue, the Bruins went on to win the program’s 11th — and still most recent –national title.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Also recovered were two notebooks, superglue, UPS packages and other miscellaneous items, according to the report.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The cooking process will also cause the okra to release its mucilage.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Soaking chia seeds results in a gel-like coating, called mucilage, that surrounds the seeds.
    Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In true TikTok fashion, the ingredient has now been rebranded as an overnight beauty ritual, with creators slathering on opaque layers of the chalky paste in pursuit of calmer, clearer, supposedly glowier skin by morning.
    Tatiana Dias, Vogue, 29 May 2026
  • Users can enter a prompt, upload a PDF or DOCX, paste notes, or provide a link.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The food scraps and stalks are brought to the lab where they're dried, ground up and mixed with various natural binders and fillers leading to a compostable alternative to cement or epoxies.
    Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • But beyond the coal ash used to make cement and other materials, vast quantities of the toxic residue are kept on-site at both active and retired coal plants, where it’s often covered with water or soil to prevent it from contaminating the air or waterways.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026

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“Epoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epoxy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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