How to Use nuclear in a Sentence
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So the wind farm will equal about 1/3 of the nuclear plant’s output.
—Diana Furchtgott-Roth, National Review, 13 Nov. 2023
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The war in Ukraine risks the use of nuclear weapons at any moment.
—Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
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The Corps has been cleaning up nuclear waste from the creek for years.
—Adriana Diaz, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022
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The Smart Survivalist named the Nordic country as the safest place in the event of a nuclear war.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Inside the bomb pit that was used to load nuclear test shapes on to the Enola Gay.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
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The towns lie across the Dnieper river from the nuclear plant, which was seized by Russian forces in the early stages of the war.
—Jamey Keaten, ajc, 6 Dec. 2022
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The towns lie across the Dnieper River from the nuclear plant, which was seized by Russian forces in the early stages of the war.
—Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2022
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It’s best known as the home of the nation’s former nuclear weapons test site.
—Gabe Stern, ajc, 27 Oct. 2022
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Even so, Stanke wants to raise raise awareness of the merits of nuclear.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
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As part of that second phase, the West might ask Ukraine to forswear nuclear weapons.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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The risks of nuclear escalation were at the front of his mind.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 13 July 2024
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At the time, Mr. Xi made a public statement warning that nuclear weapons had no place in the war in Ukraine.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 6 May 2024
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Trump has vowed to end the Ukraine war, which has raised fears of Russian use of nuclear weapons, by pressing both sides.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Those who are using nuclear blackmail against us should know that the wind rose can turn around.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
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Shoigu's claim sparked fears that Russia might be laying the groundwork to use a nuclear weapon and blame Ukraine for it.
—Ian Pannell, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2022
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The blinding flash, combined with the funnel cloud whirling above it, gives the impression of a nuclear blast.
—John Vaillant, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
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The cognoscenti of arms control counter that such a nuclear build-up would be foolish.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
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Dax and Emily met and fell in love during the nuclear sandstorm.
—Al Mullen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
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The use of nuclear weapons has huge disadvantages besides the threat of all-out world war.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
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But modern nuclear weapons are not the same as how the media depicted them 40 years ago; a lot has changed.
—Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
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The Biden administration wants to see dozens of these small nuclear plants built in cities and towns around the country.
—wsj.com, 12 May 2023
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Chernobyl once brought tourists to Ukraine to see the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
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Putin has been threatening to use nuclear weapons since the beginning of his war in Ukraine.
—Riley Farrell, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2022
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Grossi is preparing a visit to the nuclear plant this week, according to the IAEA.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
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Ukrainian forces hit a roof of a building that contains nuclear fuel, the post said.
—Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2022
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All the background actors in the movie were nuclear scientists.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
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The visit comes amid concerns that the country may conduct a nuclear test.
—Chris Megerian, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2022
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Days after invading Ukraine, Putin ordered his country's nuclear forces on high alert for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2022
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The energy of the blasts was also about 130 times more destructive than the energy in the worldwide stockpile of nuclear weapons, according to the study.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, such strikes would provide Iran with a powerful incentive to build a nuclear weapon.
—Rosemary Kelanic, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
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