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Recent Examples of propellant
Starship’s tanks hold about 1,500 metric tons of propellant, consisting mainly of liquid oxygen and liquid methane cooled to cryogenic temperatures.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Because one of the engines wasn’t use, Ship 39 had even more propellant ahead of landing than planned.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
As boiloff occurs, pressure builds, and Starship must vent gas and lose propellant to prevent damage.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
On Monday SpaceX successfully filled the rocket with more than 5,000 metric tons of propellant, the company announced in a social media post.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Because one of the engines wasn’t use, Ship 39 had even more propellant ahead of landing than planned.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
As boiloff occurs, pressure builds, and Starship must vent gas and lose propellant to prevent damage.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
On Monday SpaceX successfully filled the rocket with more than 5,000 metric tons of propellant, the company announced in a social media post.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propellant
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Every dollar above prewar fuel prices transfers directly into political pressure accumulating in congressional offices, presidential approval ratings, and midterm election calculations.—
David S. Cohen,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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Analysts today describe an institution constrained by shortages of fuel and spare parts and increasingly dependent on domestic improvisation — modifying, repurposing and cannibalizing older systems to keep them operational.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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Hundreds of fires have started across southern and coastal Georgia, with dozens of new fires every day, and officials say drought conditions provided the kindling.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Then her husband, Kasoun, covers his hands in towels and picks up the metal tray with the kindling, bricks and clay pot and places it outside.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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If the superfund template survives, the next decade of American energy policy will be written by trial lawyers, attorneys general and a handful of out-of-state philanthropies bankrolling the litigation pipeline.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The Maoists’ shrinking realm sits atop rich veins of coal, iron, and bauxite – resources essential to India’s modernization and growing energy demands; Modi’s pledge to bring electricity to every household; and his broader ambition to transform India into a developed nation.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Eco effort The villas are mainly run on solar power (each villa’s roof is slightly sloped to accommodate these solar panels), and the resort is single plastic-free.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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The computing power needs, the competition from Anthropic, the potential for a more business-to-business stream of revenue, the fear that all of the big institutions that own it will want to cash out, makes this one plain fraught.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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“Propellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellant. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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