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Recent Examples of semisolidThe resulting semisolid curds and clear whey are further manipulated for different kinds of tofu.—Andrea Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023 Bologna is a semisolid meat product made from one or more livestock sources, most commonly beef or pork, and may contain poultry meat.—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2015 Thick semisolid formulas, gel deodorants go on wet and dry quickly for complete and lasting protection.—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2022 Roughly 90 percent of quakes on Earth are produced by the movement of tectonic plates, massive slabs of the planet’s lithosphere that slide around atop the semisolid asthenosphere layer and occasionally bump into one another.—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 24 May 2022 Petroleum jelly, which is also known as petrolatum and was first sold by Vaseline, is a white or yellowish semisolid substance made up of a mixture of complex hydrocarbons by dewaxing crude oil.—Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 Probably to help conserve water, most birds put their excess nitrogen exclusively into uric acid, which is much less soluble than urea and so can be excreted as a semisolid paste along with wastes from the digestive tract.—Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020 Patients ingest Palforzia, which is a powder made from peanuts, by mixing it with small amounts of semisolid food like applesauce, yogurt or pudding.—Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2020 Emulsions are always more viscous than either of their independent constituents, which is what gives mayonnaise its semisolid texture.—J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
The line spread test measures the distance a liquid or semiliquid flows across a flat surface.
Science & Food,
Discover Magazine,
30 July 2013
These pieces, divided between older continental crust and younger oceanic crust, ride atop the gooey asthenosphere, a semiliquid layer of magma and partly melted rock.
Conventional toy cars used thin, rigid steel axles and rubber tires.
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
14 Dec. 2024
The 28-year-old actor appeared on the Dec. 12 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with his latest look, a thin mustache and his normally long curly hair trimmed in a shorter, shaggy crop.
Led by Yves Saint Laurent Beauté’s recent Make Me Blush liquid blush launch, as well as offerings from Korean makeup brands Peripera and Tony Moly, views for lavender blush surged 13,557 percent during the third quarter of 2024.
Noor Lobad,
WWD,
17 Dec. 2024
While this liquid ode to previous generations is considered its own savoir-faire, the collaboration by Delamain's two most recent cellarmasters, Touteau and Braastad, also celebrates their 30 years of partnership.
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