solvent
adjective
able to pay all just debts.
solvents
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pluralof solvent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But fabrication and assembly plant workers can face exposure to solvents, acids, toxic metals and chemical gases, according to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The lower temperature, along with the absence of costly noble-metal catalysts, external hydrogen, organic solvents, and a chemical initiator, could simplify the process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Existing battery assembly lines include football-field-long ovens for drying layers of material that have been dissolved in solvents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Many of those operations used petrochemical products and solvents such as resins, adhesives and acrylic compounds like methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
He showed Charles Chappell into a second-floor room that contained a table, medical instruments, and bottles of solvents.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
