as in bullets
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 pellets
Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The news release identified the substances as sodium hydroxide pellets, hydrochloric acid, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone and butane.
—Janat Batra, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
The substances included sodium hydroxide pellets, hydrochloric acid, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone and butane, according to the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Authorities said at least three women, all court employees, suffered minor injuries from ricocheting pellets, while media reported that a fourth woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Heating utilizes pellets made from wood offcuts from local forestry programs that would otherwise be thrown away.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Theiss says these carpet pellets can be made into about 125 different products, including computer cases and car parts.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Azure, by contrast, melts pellets made of recycled plastics and fiberglass.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
The shotgun pellets ultimately struck another hunting mentor and their 7-year-old youth mentee in the head, back and hands, per the report.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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Police say Tong allegedly had multiple substances — including sodium hydroxide pellets, hydrochloric acid, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone, and butane.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The news release identified the substances as sodium hydroxide pellets, hydrochloric acid, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone and butane.
—Janat Batra, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
The substances included sodium hydroxide pellets, hydrochloric acid, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone and butane, according to the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Authorities said at least three women, all court employees, suffered minor injuries from ricocheting pellets, while media reported that a fourth woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Heating utilizes pellets made from wood offcuts from local forestry programs that would otherwise be thrown away.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Theiss says these carpet pellets can be made into about 125 different products, including computer cases and car parts.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Azure, by contrast, melts pellets made of recycled plastics and fiberglass.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
The shotgun pellets ultimately struck another hunting mentor and their 7-year-old youth mentee in the head, back and hands, per the report.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellets
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Concrete walls like the ones surrounding the Army facility in Kuwait were typical during the Global War on Terror, built to blunt bullets, rockets, mortars and ground-level blasts -- but not capable of defending against direct aerial strikes from drones.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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But less than an hour later, the same vehicle returned, and this time two passengers riddled Hughes’ car with bullets, authorities said.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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And the rest of the Timberwolves outhustled the Nuggets to rebounds and loose balls.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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All loose balls were property of the Wolves, who outrebounded Denver 50-33, with five guys grabbing at least six.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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Most lumps such as these are noncancerous lipomas, or fatty tumors, and a decision on whether to remove them is based on whether the lumps interfere with movements or threaten other issues.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Advertisement Breaking it down Artificial intelligence is an umbrella-term for several different technologies, from autonomous vehicles to chatbots—and the database lumps these together without a comprehensive structure.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Pellets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellets. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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