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propellants

noun

variants also propellents

plural of propellant

as in fuels

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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. — William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026

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Potential applications from sensors to solar fuels Chromophores are fundamental components in a wide range of technologies because of their interaction with light.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
This immense borrowing fuels concerns as revenue growth lags behind valuations, and financing strain is already surfacing.

— Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Roger Pielke Fossil energies took a big hit and for the first time since 2010, fossil fuel production did not increase worldwide.

— Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
The observation therefore challenges existing ideas about how Galactic objects accelerate cosmic rays to extreme energies.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026

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