sheet metal
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sheet metal
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Blue-collar workers globally have reckoned with growing levels of automation, from mechanized arms welding sheet metal to mixing paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We're industrializing an easier way of forming sheet metal based on origami," says chief executive and co-founder, Jonas Nyvang.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Their doors opened and out came customers and contractors, who went into the store and returned with plywood and sheet metal and seasonal plants.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Abrego Garcia on March 12 as the sheet metal union apprentice returned home from a shift at a construction site.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
“The plane bounced,” Theodore Van Kirk remembered, “it jumped and there was a noise like a piece of sheet metal snapping.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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