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Likewise, solid carbon dioxide does not melt at 1 atm pressure but instead sublimes to yield gaseous CO2.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The pentachloride sublimes when warmed and forms an equilibrium with the trichloride and chlorine when heated.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Dry ice does not melt to a liquid but sublimes directly from the solid state to vapor.

From Time Magazine Archive

In an ignition tube it fuses and finally sublimes.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

It crystallizes in plates, having a camphor-like smell, melting at 79-80� C. and boiling at 189-191� C. It is easily soluble in alcohol, ether and benzene, and sublimes slowly at ordinary temperature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various