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Recent Examples of propellants
Pressurized helium is routinely used in rockets to push propellants to engines and to help clean and dry tanks and propellant lines when needed.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for propellants
Noun
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Weekend lines formed at some of the company’s stations because its fuels are often cheaper than other distributors.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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But now plus-size shoppers say inclusive sizing is dwindling, as the rise of GLP-1s fuels worries about a return of skinny culture – a fashion and culture resurgence in thinness.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Following in Pauli’s footsteps, scientists involved in the effort carefully tabulate the electrons’ energies to make stringent measurements of any excess energy that went into making the counterpart neutrinos.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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But shockingly, some cosmic rays have far, far higher energies than this.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Propellants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellants. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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