pelletize

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Recent Examples of pelletize The mining and pelletizing segment supplies iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from its mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota. Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 4 May 2023 Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean. Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2021 First, machines process, clean, flake, and pelletize the plastic bales. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pelletize
Verb
  • The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Extremely high temperatures inside the reactor in those first few days are believed to have melted parts of the zirconium alloy fuel rods and some of the uranium pellets themselves.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2011
Verb
  • Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.
    Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
Verb
  • Potatoes Protein content: around four grams per medium-size potato (baked) While the potato is often lumped in with starchy foods like rice, bread, pasta, and cereal, it’s—surprise!—actually classified as a vegetable.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
  • He was lumped in with Cedric Pare, a middle-six Toronto Marlies forward, and Dakota Mermis, who has yet to play for the Leafs.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The scales are hydrophobic enough to make water droplets bead up — but hydrophilic enough to keep them from rolling right off the reptiles.
    Jason Bittel, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Ideally the water will bead up into droplets on the grout, indicating that the grout is successfully sealed.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.
    Vulture, Vulture, 6 June 2022

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“Pelletize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelletize. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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