How to Use solvent in a Sentence

solvent

1 of 2 adjective

• He couldn't stay solvent after losing his business.
• But does City Hall need the tax just to remain solvent?
  — Ryan Lillis, sacbee, 21 June 2018
• Take your patch rod, and put three solvent patches up the bore.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2020
• Since the shutdown, lines have had to raise billions of dollars to stay solvent.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2021
• But Congress could still opt to fund the program in other ways to keep it solvent.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2020
• This seems to be its own unique thing, and music is the universal solvent.
  — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2018
• Prices doubled to some $400 per ton, and just like that, the coal industry is solvent again.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• Any small leaks let the solvent evaporate off at the site, sealing the area with latex.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2018
• The Fed lacked the legal authority to buy banks and keep them solvent, which is the only thing that would have helped.
  — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2020
• Even as the Pac-12 fights to remain solvent, this has been one of the strongest starts for the league, with as many as six teams in the hunt for the conference championship.
  — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
• Some 400 Sears and Kmart stores have closed in the past year while the parent company continues to stay solvent.
  — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 31 May 2018
• Any thoughts on how to move ahead peacefully and also solvent?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2023
• As of a month ago, the trust fund had $1.1 billion in it and was estimated to be solvent for 18 months, according to Haavind.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2020
• Almost all the adhesives used to make the sandals are water soluble and solvent-free, and the shoes will still last a decade or more.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 14 June 2018
• Schools are forced to rely more heavily on a la carte items (a sandwich, rather than the full meal with fruits, veggies and milk) to stay solvent.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 7 June 2019
• The universal solvent turns out to be not culture but celebrity and money.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
• Unabashed greed, now that perfectly solvent people are not ashamed to beg for cash, surely has a lot to do with this.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
• This suggested a worst case of two books, two books erased, wiped away by the universal solvent of children.
  — Michael Chabon, GQ, 27 Apr. 2018
• Francesca’s stock fell as the pandemic struck this year and retailers struggled to stay solvent.
  — Skyler Rossi, Bloomberg.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• Pension managers could invest the rest so their funds become solvent over time.
  — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• The growing losses led to a commission to propose reforms that would make the system solvent for at least 75 years.
  — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2021
• State officials now say that program, the Lottery Scholarship, is now solvent at 100% for at least the next four years.
  — Cedar Attanasio, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2022
• If, say, the housing market were to collapse, the regulators ask, could their bank stay solvent?
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2021
• In the best of times, these theaters have to grind, adapt, be creative and absorb occasional losses just to stay solvent.
  — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 16 Mar. 2020
• Or employers can be forced to pay in additional funds to make plans solvent.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021
• Well, greedy people who are perfectly solvent but want more, and expect to get it from acquaintances, friends and strangers alike — that’s who.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• But the state should pick up the tab, with this caveat: confirmation that the trust fund actually needs the money to be comfortably solvent.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022
• Mortgage rates soared, and some pension funds struggled to remain solvent.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
• Analysts said fiscal policy must fill in the gap to keep American households solvent — and time is of the essence.
  — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
• Bankman-Fried has repeatedly said the US exchange is solvent.
  — Jeremy Hill, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023

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solvent

2 of 2 noun

• Always read the fine print to see how liquid and solvent the funds are.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• It’s not the first dangerous solvent to be favored by the craft.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2022
• The system will not stay solvent for long without tweaks.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The clothing can be washed and reworn or, if put back in the polymer and solvent mix, dissolved and used again.
  — Byian Mount, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
• Allow the solvent to sit for five minutes, and rinse it away with cold water.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 28 June 2023
• This process involves the use of solvents and acids to isolate and purify the delta 8 compound.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
• Inside the artist Greg Dunn’s Philadelphia studio, the acrid smells of solvent and dye hang in the air.
  — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• Lacquer thinner is a powerful solvent, and both the liquid and the fumes are flammable.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022
• This resolution is one of the most solvent after a long battle with the agency over the years.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
• Making sure the windshield washer fluid is topped off and is the solvent with a low freezing point.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023
• They’re used to make fragrances last longer and as solvents for dyes, explains Dr. Murphy-Rose.
  — Daley Quinn, Health, 17 Apr. 2023
• That means investors can lose even when a bank is still, in theory, solvent.
  — Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023
• At the Los Angeles bird care center, they are cleaned with a solvent, dish soap, and warm water.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2021
• The vote on the interim budget indicates the district is still on track to stay solvent and pay their bills this year.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
• The White House says its Medicare plan would keep that program solvent for at least another 25 years.
  — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The costs of hangers, poly garment bags and solvent, as well as gasoline for the delivery van, have spiraled.
  — Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Finding a way to keep them solvent would be a priority.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• This method utilizes solvents like ethanol or hydrocarbons to dissolve the cannabinoids present in the hemp plant.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2023
• For years, ranch dressing has been the universal solvent of condiments.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
• Apply a little solvent, wait a couple of minutes, then rub with a cloth to see whether any finish comes off or whether the surface dulls.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
• It's used as a solvent in paint strippers, thinners and household cleaners.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
• Benzene was found in the groundwater; its a chemical solvent that can be lethal to humans.
  — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
• This means there is a significant space where the solvent they are made of (in this case, water) and the medium they are surrounded by (in this case, air) meet.
  — Nicolás M. Morato, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
• In O’Toole’s telling, hypocrisy on these matters acted as a solvent, finally detaching Ireland from the grip of the past.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022
• In general, the string is made of a polymer resin, a substance that makes the resin foam up, a solvent, some coloring and the propellant that forces the chemicals out of the can.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• Keep the government running and keep the government solvent.
  — Melissa MacAya, CNN, 6 Oct. 2021
• Following that contentious action, the remaining board members wrestled with how to keep the agency solvent, at least through the end of the year.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 22 Nov. 2021
• The most common way to do that, said Herzog, is to put the flue gas into contact with a liquid solvent, which pulls the CO2 out in a process called chemical scrubbing.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 11 May 2023
• The product, which had not been tested in humans or animals, contained a solvent that turned out to be toxic.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Sealy has tapped city resources to stay solvent, including help from Boston Main Streets to build a new website and to acquire a new point-of-sale system.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024