as in bullet
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge
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Recent Examples of pellet
John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
NC State Veterinary Hospital recommends pelleted feed formulated specifically for chinchillas.
—Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Matías Delacroix, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Oh, and the entire place is powered using Swiss hydroelectricity and heated using a carbon-neutral wooden pellet system.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 June 2025
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Noun
The genius is in the replaceable head, where an aramid fiber pad is used to steam clean all types of grills ranging from gas to charcoal, to pellet grills and flat tops.
—John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
NC State Veterinary Hospital recommends pelleted feed formulated specifically for chinchillas.
—Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Verb
Among the protesters, at least one man’s back and arm were studded with a constellation of wounds from pellets fired by police and another appeared to suffer a serious injury to one eye.
—Matías Delacroix, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Oh, and the entire place is powered using Swiss hydroelectricity and heated using a carbon-neutral wooden pellet system.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellet
Noun
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Upon its return from the moon, it is estimated that Orion will travel at around 25,000 miles per hour, 30 times as fast as a speeding bullet.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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With two bullets in the thighs, and another bullet in his arm, one young man was screaming in pain.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 July 2025
Verb
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After getting wet, the water that got on the bag beaded up and rolled right off of the plastic-y fabric.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2025
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The dress featured diagonal white beaded stripes that create a dynamic pattern across the entire garment.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
27 June 2025
Noun
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This is not usually not somewhere Destiny drops the ball.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The kids were treated to a royal ball, a pajama party and other special surprises.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The mining and pelletizing segment supplies iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from its mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
4 May 2023
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Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean.—
Anne Quito,
Quartz,
2 Sep. 2021
Noun
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Detonating Everything In fact, the Russians might be said to have originated the tactic of using small drones to bring the detonator with their series of sabotage attacks against Ukrainian ammunition depots in 2017.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Ukraine is completely out of ammunition for its two vital missile defense SAMP/T batteries, the Franco-Italian version of the U.S. Patriot missile defense system, according to sources speaking with Le Monde late last month.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
29 June 2025
Verb
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Water simply pearled on the surface without penetrating the membrane, and even the shoes’ exterior dried pretty quickly once the clouds parted and the sun came out.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2025
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
Verb
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In other words, lumping together all such pursuits as bad apples is unfair and exasperating.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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People have lumped you in with the comedian Andrew Schultz, your co-host on the podcast Brilliant Idiots.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
Verb
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
6 June 2022
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“Pellet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellet. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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