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Recent Examples of propellant
The company began filling the vehicle’s fuel tanks with propellant — including liquid methane, hydrogen and oxygen — late Sunday evening.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
The physical limitations of modern spacecraft pose significant challenges for reaching interstellar space in a human lifetime, especially with limited room onboard for carrying propellant or batteries.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
This launch debuted a more advanced, slightly taller version of Starship, known as Version 2 or Block 2, with larger propellant tanks, a new avionics system, and redesigned feed lines flowing methane and liquid oxygen propellants to the ship's six Raptor engines.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
Inhaling ingredients and propellants when applying spray sunscreen is a safety concern that is under review.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 29 Dec. 2024
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
The physical limitations of modern spacecraft pose significant challenges for reaching interstellar space in a human lifetime, especially with limited room onboard for carrying propellant or batteries.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
This launch debuted a more advanced, slightly taller version of Starship, known as Version 2 or Block 2, with larger propellant tanks, a new avionics system, and redesigned feed lines flowing methane and liquid oxygen propellants to the ship's six Raptor engines.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
Inhaling ingredients and propellants when applying spray sunscreen is a safety concern that is under review.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propellant
Noun
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How much fuel prices would rise due to the tariffs depends on how Canadian producers and U.S. refiners respond.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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The United States, under President Donald Trump, champions a hands-off approach to fuel innovation, while Europe is tightening the reins with strict regulations to ensure safety and accountability.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the dry seasons, the brush withered into kindling waiting to ignite.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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The red flag warnings that have blanketed most of Southern California, and helped turn parts of it into kindling, have left the desert alone so far for the most part.—
Jim Alexander,
Orange County Register,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This ditches the expensive and not very road-relevant MGU-H (which recovers waste energy from the turbocharger) in place of a much more powerful MGU-K (an electric motor/generator that can power the wheels or regenerate energy under braking) and a larger battery.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Someday, this will be Doncic’s franchise, but Monday’s Lakers debut was as much about the partnership between their two best players, No. 23 and No. 77 turning the building’s energy all the way to 100.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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For all of Trump’s abuses of power in his first term, culminating in his attempt to subvert the 2020 election, his administration never attempted to openly defy a court order despite losing, by one analysis, over three quarters of the federal cases it was involved in.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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With only around 60,000 Gaelic-language speakers left in the world, The Island is doing wonders for representation and at the same time constitutes so much more — an entertaining, twisty crime thriller featuring a dose of star power in the form of Industry breakout Sagar Radia.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Propellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellant. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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