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Recent Examples of mucilage
Soaking chia seeds results in a gel-like coating, called mucilage, that surrounds the seeds.
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Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
27 Jan. 2026
Each tiny seed sucks up water to form a layer of mucilage, creating a gel-like texture.
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Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
14 Jan. 2026
What is sea moss good for? Sea moss is high in mucilage (a sticky substance made by plants), which can soothe irritated membranes in the respiratory tract.
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Tracy Achonwa,
Vogue,
5 Jan. 2026
But lately, a lot of growers in Latin America and Africa have begun to try out natural process beans, fermenting some of the coffee berry sugars or mucilage.
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Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mucilage
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
27 Jan. 2026
Each tiny seed sucks up water to form a layer of mucilage, creating a gel-like texture.
—
Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
14 Jan. 2026
What is sea moss good for? Sea moss is high in mucilage (a sticky substance made by plants), which can soothe irritated membranes in the respiratory tract.
—
Tracy Achonwa,
Vogue,
5 Jan. 2026
But lately, a lot of growers in Latin America and Africa have begun to try out natural process beans, fermenting some of the coffee berry sugars or mucilage.
—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mucilage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mucilage
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The ultrasonic transmitters emitted these sound waves through the rods, which interact acoustically via the epoxy.
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Reinforcing materials are then deposited, including thermoplastic carbon-fiber acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) for lightweight strength or thermoset resins like epoxy for greater stiffness and durability.
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No one refilling a water glass or delivering plates.
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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.
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The stadium is in the midst of a five-year, $60 million improvement plan that already has resulted in a new roof over the event space and suites, upgraded locker rooms for UConn and visiting teams and spruced up restrooms along the concourse that include epoxy resin coatings on the floors.
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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.
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Even for grant renewals — like the renewal Gould’s Great Lakes ADA Center needs to stay open — the grant language is similar from year to year but rarely a copy-and-paste situation.
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Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through.
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Sock Puppets Kids of all ages can enjoy making their own sock puppet creation using old socks and a few simply crafting accessories like googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and glue.
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Their two daughters, 13-year-old Elliott and 9-year-old Lyric, are still the glue holding the estranged parents together.
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The report found that excessive moisture had caused the adhesive to fail, leaving the roofing membrane no longer properly adhered, according to the lawsuit.
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No adhesive, no leather, no apple pie!
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Science journalist Michaeleen Doucleff felt like her phone had superglue on it, holding her on it for hours each day while draining her of time and energy.
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Cruisers who use superglues, heavy duct tape or command strips frequently ruin the paint or underlying finish of expensive metal doors.
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Any reduction in tumor size is anecdotal and may be due to a variety of reasons including weight loss.
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Indeed, the size of labor agreement — expected to cost $12 million next year, $31 million the following year and $60 million in 2028-29 — had sparked considerable concern, making the disclosure of extra revenue all the more remarkable.
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“Mucilage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mucilage. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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