- present tense form of steel (3rd person singular).
steels
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Back home in Elk Grove, Calif., Yip steels herself in the parking lot before braving the chaos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Tata Steel's exports from the UK to America are packaging steels and tubular products for oil and gas industries, according to Mr Nair.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
The researchers anticipate their method can be applied to other 3D-printed metals, such as stainless steels, titanium and high-entropy alloys, or any material system with a crystal structure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
A nervous industry steels itself for more upheaval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Scoob steels himself and heads in what he hopes to the high heavens, as Dad likes to say when he’s being more over the top than usual, is the right direction.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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