How to Use phosphate in a Sentence
phosphate
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Before the big freeze, the oceans were low in phosphate.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2017 -
In the late 1800s, phosphate mining was the main industry in the area near the springs.
— Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 30 May 2021 -
To do that, the child would have to take packets of phosphate three or four times a day.
— New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021 -
Still, the team was not sure how Enceladus had gotten such high amounts of phosphates in the first place.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023 -
One of these is the story of the lithium-iron-phosphate battery.
— Gregory Barber, Wired, 18 Jan. 2022 -
This process eliminates the need to buy more phosphate from faraway sources and transport it to the U.S.
— William McDonough, Scientific American, 1 July 2017 -
Approval of the study is good news for the phosphate industry, which has a big waste problem.
— Eric Tegethoff, The New Republic, 18 July 2023 -
Picture a ladder that twists like a corkscrew, with the sugar and phosphate acting as the side rails and the base pairs acting as the rungs.
— Ryan Rossotto, National Geographic, 12 June 2019 -
But food is so sparse here that oxygen, nitrate, and phosphate were present even in the deepest mud.
— Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 29 July 2020 -
For years, phosphate was dug up, with the excess dirt piled up to form various hills.
— Rodney Page, Tampa Bay Times, 20 Feb. 2017 -
On the left, a nickel cobalt manganese battery cell; on the right, a lithium iron phosphate cell.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Aqua denies that the phosphate blend caused lead to leach out of the village’s plumbing into the water.
— NBC News, 18 June 2021 -
Best of all, though, might be a lithium iron phosphate that gives you the ability to live off the grid for two peaceful weeks.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Now, the main limit to crop growth was phosphorus—and as long as the phosphate mines hummed, that was no limit at all.
— Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021 -
This laundry stick looks like a bar of soap and is free of petroleum, phosphates, parabens, and dyes.
— Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023 -
The reservoir is a system of lined ponds connected to the former phosphate mine.
— USA Today, 5 Apr. 2021 -
In 2021, a leak was discovered at the Piney Point phosphate plant in west Florida.
— Eric Tegethoff, The New Republic, 18 July 2023 -
There is a new lithium-iron phosphate Standard Pack, that provides a driving range of as much as 270 miles.
— Dan Carney, Popular Science, 12 June 2024 -
It's built to go the distance with a lithium iron phosphate battery and drop-proof construction.
— Mike Richard and Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health, 10 June 2022 -
The strands are made of alternating sugar and phosphate groups.
— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023 -
The fountain also serves phosphates as well as milkshakes, malts and sundaes.
— Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The fountain also serves phosphates as well as milkshakes, malts and sundaes.
— The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024 -
The other is a phosphate plant that belches pollution into the sky.
— The Economist, 3 May 2018 -
And its switch to cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate batteries for some of its cars has given it more room to lower prices.
— Jacky Wong, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020 -
When plugged into a wall outlet, its lithium iron phosphate battery can reach an 80% charge in less than an hour.
— Dan Diclerico, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Then there’s the phosphate-free Diva scent of Glamorous Wash, which arrived in my mailbox by surprise.
— Vogue, 20 Sep. 2021 -
The parathyroid gland helps regulate calcium and phosphate, so these need to be checked.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023 -
The bZ3 will be the first time Toyota uses a lithium iron phosphate cathode in its EV batteries.
— Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 25 Oct. 2022 -
Trapped in the ice were also rare salts such as phosphates, the first to be detected originating from an ocean outside of Earth.
— Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024 -
In milk, casein delivers the vital nutrients calcium and phosphate to a calf, lamb or baby.
— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
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