How to Use wood pulp in a Sentence
wood pulp
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Both are made from wood pulp and are highly glazed in a gilded gold paint.
— Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2020 -
Some of Aya Muse's yarn is sourced from wood pulp and all their packaging is made from corn starch.
— Rosa Sanchez, Forbes, 20 May 2021 -
Lyocell is made from wood pulp as a substitute for silk 5.
— Walter Loeb, Forbes, 10 June 2022 -
But the cases of cheese being bulked out with wood pulp continue.
— Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 27 May 2022 -
Round starts each day at 5 a.m., running hauls from Bangor to various wood pulp mills around the state.
— Fox News, 22 Apr. 2020 -
The fabric is wrinkle-resistant and made from wood pulp.
— Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2022 -
Most are made from polyester, polypropylene, cotton, wood pulp, or rayon fibers—many of which are not biodegradable.
— Claire Volkman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2022 -
Some phone backings will be made with upcycled wood pulp.
— Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2021 -
In their guts, bacteria digest the wood pulp even further.
— Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2017 -
Around 130 million years ago, a weevil gorged itself on wood pulp and died a sticky death in the relentless grasp of slow-moving resin.
— Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 15 June 2018 -
Another chops up a special wood pulp that pulls impurities to the surface of the juice.
— New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021 -
Forests have shrunk while literacy rates have soared, and today the hunt is on for wood pulp’s replacement.
— Rachel Adler, Slate Magazine, 4 Aug. 2017 -
The next phase included Gutta percha, a rubbery type of wood pulp that was compressed and formed into a ball.
— Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020 -
In 1880, the Germans invented the beer mat, made out of wood pulp, in order to save the tables from the wear caused by condensation from beer bottles.
— Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2020 -
This silk-like robe from CDLP is composed of eco-friendly lyocell, a sustainable fabric sourced from wood pulp that is soft, durable, and has a silky look and feel.
— Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2022 -
Costs have crept up in recent years because commodities like wood pulp — which is used to make paper products — hit record highs in 2022.
— Emma Kumer, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Most of the toilet paper used in this country is made here either from wood pulp or recycled paper.
— Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2020 -
Expectedly, it's made of Pima cotton, but the silky softness is further enhanced with a blend of seaweed and wood pulp that made the whole texture all the more dreamy on the skin.
— Maverick Li, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022 -
The transition to wood pulp paper was blamed for suicides and crime sprees and decried as a degradation of society.
— Cenk Sidar, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023 -
First, most tampons are made of cotton or a mixture of cotton and rayon, a semi-synthetic fiber made from wood pulp.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 July 2024 -
The material was made of wood pulp and was five times as absorbent as cotton bandages but much less expensive.
— Ciku Kimeria, Quartz Africa, 26 Feb. 2020 -
One is a better way of converting wood pulp into fibre that can be turned into textiles.
— The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019 -
It’s made from organic cotton, recycled polyester and Tencel, a wood pulp fiber.
— Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 30 Nov. 2020 -
The shoes are made from about a dozen different materials, including wood pulp, silk thread, gelatin, plastic and glass.
— Margaret Stafford, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023 -
Shockingly, the fabric is made from repurposed wood pulp, both breathable and eco-friendly.
— Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 4 Sep. 2021 -
Supply-chain problems have contributed to shortages of products from wood pulp to pallets.
— Heather Haddon, WSJ, 10 June 2021 -
After the wood pulp has been dissolved into a liquid, pigment is added to the solution before it is spun into fibers, embedding the hue.
— Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 14 June 2024 -
The two players are entering a 50-50 joint venture to build a commercial-scale facility to produce a new green fiber made from wood pulp.
— Fabiana Batista, Bloomberg.com, 25 Feb. 2021 -
In 1993, community leaders thwarted Formosa’s plans to build a wood pulp and rayon plant in Wallace.
— Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021 -
Tencel fibers do come from trees – mainly beech, birch, eucalyptus and spruce – but again, the wood pulp has been manufactured into a fiber.
— Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 12 Aug. 2022
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