nondestructive

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Recent Examples of nondestructive The nondestructive technology resulted in thousands of X-rays of the mummies and their coffins. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024 Smart Objects make for nondestructive, reusable raster and vector images that update throughout your project. PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 The research team used Raman spectroscopy, a nondestructive method that preserves valuable samples, to study the bones, Shankland said. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024 Lightroom Classic has a big, ever-present Import button and media auto-detect that launches the nondestructive importer. PCMAG, 30 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for nondestructive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondestructive
Adjective
  • Some art sets are nontoxic and come with washable paints or other materials.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
  • This is safe for people and wildlife and relatively nontoxic to beneficial insects such as ladybugs that prey on them.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.
    Charles Passy, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
  • This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.
    David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • So now the ayatollah, who had a symbolic retaliation by firing some nonlethal missiles at the American’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, has to decide his course going forward.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
  • However, both countries appeared to have violated the truce by firing nonlethal rockets.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • However, several types of infectious and noninfectious meningitis don’t spread from person to person.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Kennedy’s largest focus of late has been on noninfectious diseases such as diabetes and cancer and their risk factors such as obesity.
    ByJocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But the Dodgers are about October, and getting there may not be painless with Jack Dreyer making one fewer start than Glasnow, and twice as many as Snell.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
  • Other details: Capsule endoscopy is painless and does not require sedation, but preparation is similar to that for a colonoscopy.
    Adaira Landry, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
  • There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was 'set free,' because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • The dog believed to be responsible for this nonfatal attack in the Northland, a 3-year-old named Havoc, according to KC Pet Project records, was quarantined for rabies and declared dangerous by the Kansas City Municipal Court.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Nondestructive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondestructive. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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