How to Use carbon in a Sentence

carbon

noun

• And the state’s plans for carbon neutrality have their critics.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• Otherwise, its styling is very much modern hypercar, hand built as a one-piece carbon-fiber monocoque chassis.
  — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• Experts say carbon removal is no substitute for preventing greenhouse gas emissions in the first place.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2024
• The longer-term shift towards a less carbon-intensive economy is likely to continue.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• The number one cause of carbon pollution in the U.S. is transportation, most of which comes from personal cars and trucks.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
• The robust hull is constructed out of extra-dense, high-end composite materials, while the superstructure is made of lightweight carbon.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
• Ski lifts need power to keep turning all season, resort buildings need energy, snow groomers need fuel and guests need to travel, often creating large carbon footprints from long flights.
  — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
• The bulky headlights necessary for roadgoing GTs have been replaced by minimalistic beams that look to simply cut through the carbon body.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 9 Dec. 2022
• Regenerative agriculture is a set of farming practices that are intended to recapture carbon into the soil through grazing and other techniques.
  — Jennifer Stojkovic, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2022
• The Flow Country’s great carbon sink stretched out to the south.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• It’s scheduled to open in 2029 and will emit zero carbon from the start.
  — TIME, 20 May 2024
• The carbon filter removes up to 99.7 percent of smoke, dust, and pet dander.
  — Ellen McAlpine, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
• The fire spewed nearly four times the carbon emissions as airplanes do in a year, study authors said.
  — CBS News, 27 June 2024
• The current plan to avoid this fate is to reduce net carbon emissions to zero within the next 20 years.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
• The rums are mixed, carbon filtered, and then rested in French oak casks for a smooth rum that's redolent of vanilla and caramel with just a hint of spice.
  — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Brazil—and, by extension, the planet that depends on the Amazon as a carbon sink—seems to be at a turning point.
  — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
• Livestock pastures with trees have been shown to hold more carbon than open pasture lands.
  — Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
• The best way to wean the economy off burning carbon for energy is to put a tax on carbon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
• At the plant Just changing how corn is grown won’t lower the carbon intensity of ethanol enough.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
• As with all Priority bikes, the Current comes with a carbon drive belt first used in autos rather than a chain.
  — Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
• And while that post didn't calculate the carbon emissions of such training runs, others have done so.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
• The event has done the one thing such confabs are supposed never to do, which is expose the truth about climate change and the race to net-zero carbon emissions.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• This forest type holds back much less water and stores much less carbon, which are key to slowing climate change.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
• The rich and powerful do love to flock to Davos in their carbon-emitting private jets to discuss climate change.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
• In this way, carbon is slowly deposited onto the thin slice.
  — Ana De Oliva, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
• But slowing demand for flying cuts the need for carbon removal way down.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
• The peatlands also serve as a carbon sink, storing large amounts of the gas that would otherwise heat up the atmosphere.
  — Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
• This could go a long way toward helping the United States shift to carbon-free energy.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
• The third variable is the pace of the green transition, which could affect revenues, depending on whether governments, consumers, and businesses make cutting carbon emissions a priority.
  — Michael Birshan, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
• Avocado is also Climate Neutral Certified, meaning that it’s set out to reduce and offset its carbon emissions.
  — Renee Cherry, SELF, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024