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
Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Officials in Santa Clara announced Monday that a resident alerted the city to pellets that were found at Jenny Strand Park on Howard Drive.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Well, cardboard pellets serve wonderfully as a mulch.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Sleep Foundation notes that weighted blankets can contain glass beads, plastic pellets, ball bearings or other materials, and the choice of filler directly affects how warm the blanket sleeps.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 7 May 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
Noun
Just like the boys, Nana was as giddy to feed the donkeys grass pellets that sold for a dollar a bag.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Officials in Santa Clara announced Monday that a resident alerted the city to pellets that were found at Jenny Strand Park on Howard Drive.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Well, cardboard pellets serve wonderfully as a mulch.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Sleep Foundation notes that weighted blankets can contain glass beads, plastic pellets, ball bearings or other materials, and the choice of filler directly affects how warm the blanket sleeps.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 7 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellets
Noun
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As bullets tore through at least a dozen cars, including a state police cruiser, panicked motorists abandoned their vehicles or hid under them for cover, according to prosecutors and state police.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Continue reading … 'SENSELESS' VIOLENCE — Students' pre-prom gathering turns into deadly nightmare as bullets fly.—
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FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Try putting disco balls in the centerpieces, making the place settings into flower crowns, and adding glitter confetti to the table.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2026
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Cotton clothes are lint shedders, microfibers are lint attractors and when washed together, microfiber fleece ends up covered with little balls of lint.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 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
Verb
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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 18 May. 2026.
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