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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
Nithin Coca, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
This uranium is processed into ceramic pellets, which are loaded into long metal tubes called fuel rods, and several rods are bundled to form a fuel assembly.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
At the same time, ICE and other DHS agents have been documented having fired pellets at a protesting pastor in Chicago, throwing a migrant woman to the floor of a New York City immigration court and having maced a woman in Portland, Oregon.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The material is washed, processed locally into balls, flakes and/or pellets that meet European industrial standards, and then spun into a high-grade thread, without blending with virgin plastic or chemical additives.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
However, the super mushroom, a power-up similar to Pac-Man’s power pellets, is what really super-sized Mario and became one of the most iconic symbols of the entire franchise.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
The pellets of crumb rubber in turf contain toxic chemicals like petroleum compounds, metals, and lead, according to Stuart Shalat, former director of the Division of Environmental Health at Georgia State University.
—Jon-David Regis, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
It’s constructed with stainless steel, fueled by either pellets or wood, and designed with a dual 360-degree updraft technology that reduces smoke output.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Deer feces is usually small, fibrous pellets, but those pellets may form clumps.
—Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
Pressure is also ramping up in Japan and the US, home to the biggest producer of wood pellets, Enviva.
—Nithin Coca, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
This uranium is processed into ceramic pellets, which are loaded into long metal tubes called fuel rods, and several rods are bundled to form a fuel assembly.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
At the same time, ICE and other DHS agents have been documented having fired pellets at a protesting pastor in Chicago, throwing a migrant woman to the floor of a New York City immigration court and having maced a woman in Portland, Oregon.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The material is washed, processed locally into balls, flakes and/or pellets that meet European industrial standards, and then spun into a high-grade thread, without blending with virgin plastic or chemical additives.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
However, the super mushroom, a power-up similar to Pac-Man’s power pellets, is what really super-sized Mario and became one of the most iconic symbols of the entire franchise.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
The pellets of crumb rubber in turf contain toxic chemicals like petroleum compounds, metals, and lead, according to Stuart Shalat, former director of the Division of Environmental Health at Georgia State University.
—Jon-David Regis, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
It’s constructed with stainless steel, fueled by either pellets or wood, and designed with a dual 360-degree updraft technology that reduces smoke output.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Deer feces is usually small, fibrous pellets, but those pellets may form clumps.
—Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellets
Noun
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Sliwa felt the bullets hit him in his groin and legs.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Gun down enemies Contra-style, deflect bullets, and enter bullet-time to make quick work of your foes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Because the vapors are hazardous, scattering moth balls around your closet is always unsafe.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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The pair combined excellently, sometimes with one-twos, and Eze repeatedly slotted through balls for Mateta to score on the angle.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Pellets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellets. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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