semisolid

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Recent Examples of semisolid Note: If the mess is semisolid, use something like a sturdy piece of cardboard or paper plate to scoop up and dispose of the matter, then use paper towels to absorb any remaining liquid mess. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025 Underneath the crust is the mantle, an 1,800-mile-thick layer of semisolid silicate materials ranging in temperature from 1,800 degrees to 6,700 degrees Fahrenheit. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 The resulting semisolid curds and clear whey are further manipulated for different kinds of tofu. Andrea Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023 Bologna is a semisolid meat product made from one or more livestock sources, most commonly beef or pork, and may contain poultry meat. Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2015 Thick semisolid formulas, gel deodorants go on wet and dry quickly for complete and lasting protection. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2022 Roughly 90 percent of quakes on Earth are produced by the movement of tectonic plates, massive slabs of the planet’s lithosphere that slide around atop the semisolid asthenosphere layer and occasionally bump into one another. Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 24 May 2022 Petroleum jelly, which is also known as petrolatum and was first sold by Vaseline, is a white or yellowish semisolid substance made up of a mixture of complex hydrocarbons by dewaxing crude oil. Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 Probably to help conserve water, most birds put their excess nitrogen exclusively into uric acid, which is much less soluble than urea and so can be excreted as a semisolid paste along with wastes from the digestive tract. Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semisolid
Adjective
  • The line spread test measures the distance a liquid or semiliquid flows across a flat surface.
    Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
  • These pieces, divided between older continental crust and younger oceanic crust, ride atop the gooey asthenosphere, a semiliquid layer of magma and partly melted rock.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2019
Adjective
  • The new device measures in at 5.8mm, which Samsung claims is its thinnest ever Galaxy S smartphone.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The Biden administration lowered prices on 10 widely prescribed drugs, such as the blood thinner Eliquis, which will take effect in 2026.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • On top of this, there is the most liquid and largest MSTR options market, and other vehicles for channeling capital from TradFi into Bitcoin, such as STRK, STRF, and convertible notes.
    Georgii Verbitskii, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • At-home cryotherapy, while still very cold, is much milder than the liquid nitrogen used at the doctor’s office.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • In 2024, the retailer posted net income of $12 million, or 13 cents a diluted share, on total revenues of $7.99 billion, which included net sales of $7.97 billion.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 16 May 2025
  • The profit figure compared with a loss of $1.26 per diluted share in the year-ago quarter.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 May 2025

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“Semisolid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semisolid. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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