metal

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Recent Examples of metal In Wisconsin, GreenLight is primarily searching for copper and zinc, as well as some precious metals. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025 An olive green piece of metal is the size of a credit card. Greg Myre, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025 Leaf Raking Leaf rakes can be plastic or metal, with different widths. Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025 The production process requires high temperatures, high pressures and use of a metal catalyst, like nickel. Molly Duerig, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for metal
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Noun
  • Ellis died at age 39 from heart failure due to alcohol withdrawal syndrome following an ongoing struggle with substance abuse.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Often sensational in tone and light on substance, these reports typically allege that a company has misstated its financial condition, overstated business prospects, or engaged in improper practices.
    Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Linebacker Zaire Franklin could not care less about the Colts’ strength of schedule.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Another important strength of the category may look at first like a contradiction.
    Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its propulsion system uses non-toxic materials, which allows soldiers to handle it safely without protective gear immediately after touchdown.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What matters now is building stamina, not chasing another rush.
    Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In her view, self-care is the key to maintaining your focus and stamina.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But this stuff is taken personally, and there is also a financial backend here.
    Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • As far as family, kids, wife, all that stuff going on.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is a sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025—a sweeping conservative policy blueprint aimed at reshaping the federal government by expanding presidential power, dismantling parts of the civil service, and rolling back regulations across agencies.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Additional revelations hint of Kiri's evolving powers, the menacing Quaritch bonding with Varang to help defeat the Na'vi, a spectacular air/sea clash between the Ash People, the RDA, and the Na’vi, and Spider threatening to kill someone offscreen.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One of the defendants, Benjamin Song — a 32-year-old former Marine Corps reservist who associates described to authorities as a cult-like ringleader who opposes the government on immigration enforcement and on other matters — shot Alvarado Police Department Lt.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Dale Ellis covers the federal courthouse beat for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, reporting on criminal and civil matters that impact Arkansans.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As a result, a flurry of drinks, vapes, edibles, and smokable buds — many with the potential to get users high — are now widely available on store shelves across Wisconsin.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Metal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metal. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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