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propellant

noun

variants also propellent

Definition of propellant

as in fuel

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Recent Examples of propellant Chinese commercial firm Galactic Energy is ready for a first orbital launch attempt with its Pallas-1 liquid propellant launch vehicle, Space News reports. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 This includes rocket stages, ground support equipment, propellant-loading hardware, flight control systems, range-safety electronics, and telemetry-tracking units. — David Szondy august 15, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026 The German defense contractor is one of the world's largest ammunition manufacturers and one of the few manufacturers to cover the entire value chain, from the gunpowder propellant to the bullet casing. — Elsa Ohlen,greg Kennedy, CNBC, 23 July 2026 The maneuver was also meant to give the vehicle's propulsion system a bit of a break and even save some propellant while adjusting its trajectory if needed, NASA said. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for propellant

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Noun

Instead of dispatching a service van ($150 to $300 in fuel and labor) and navigating traffic, the technician accessed the multitenant dashboard.

— Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
According to these measurements, even the fattest of the birds would run out of fuel—body fat and a bit of muscle—after about twenty-five hundred miles.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of fuel

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Corruption was endemic, and the country’s deeper troubles—its poverty, its social inequities, and the hopeless conditions that drive millions of Nepalis to emigrate for work—endured, laying the kindling for last year’s explosion.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Its pre-drilled holes allow for proper drainage, preventing the kindling from storing moisture and rotting.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2026

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Researchers in the United States are shaping the nanoscience frontier, using atomic‑scale control to accelerate advances in electronics, energy storage, catalysis, sensing and medicine.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Oil prices edged higher Thursday as worries over escalating tensions in the Middle East and their impact on energy supplies kept Brent crude above $100 a barrel.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of energy

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But The Debut grows to become something altogether wilder, a fire-breathing encomium to the reality-altering power of acting.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Singapore is leveraging its scarce land, energy, and population to bolster its regulatory and agenda-setting power over data centers and sustainability.

— Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

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