Example Sentences
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Trapped ions, as the name suggests, are suspended in vacuums and manipulated by lasers.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
Looking out over the green sludge covered in cleaning equipment, speaking over the hum of the generators and the vacuums and the pumps, Hier smiled.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2026
Lithium-ion batteries have become exceedingly common amid a proliferation of chargeable electronics, including smartphones, laptops, headphones, e-cigarettes, vacuums and e-bikes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Instead, what they reliably create is destruction, and destruction generates its own dynamics: rallying among the population, power vacuums, radicalization and cycles of retaliation.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026
It is a subtle point: vacuums don’t suck; the atmosphere pushes.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
