as in bullet
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge
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Recent Examples of pellet
Clio Chang, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2024
Guests can also hang out with the animals during visits to the on-site Giraffe Center and an outdoor afternoon tea, with the brave placing a pellet between their lips to entice a giraffe kiss.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Fill them with the tiny wood smoker pellets that look like rabbit feed to add a lengthy, thick smoke boost whenever it is needed.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Noun
The bill directs the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Sanitation, to establish two ten-block zones where rat-birth-control pellets will be deployed and studied over at least a year.
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NC State Veterinary Hospital recommends pelleted feed formulated specifically for chinchillas.
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They had been drawn there at the start of the pandemic, when garbage pickup was suspended, and when, in 2021, a bullet ignited a wildfire that destroyed nearly two hundred and twenty-two thousand acres of nearby forest.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The player character is an undefeatable bullet sponge whose choices are always right.G Kirilloff, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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One current exhibit, Art & Sole, features shoes that have been painted, beaded and styled by different Native artists.Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
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Also check out the headlights and tail lights to make sure there is no water beading up inside.Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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The floor, which reflects light, and is intentionally constructed of a subtle mix of light and darker pieces of maple wood, increase visibility, so that the players and the ball stand out.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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Now try to take a picture of the ball and the marble.Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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The mining and pelletizing segment supplies iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from its mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota.Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 4 May 2023
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Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean.Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2021
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The other six were assessed to have hit an ammunition storage site in Karachev, the official said.David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, Kyiv can remind Washington that a very large portion of the military aid that the United States has provided to Ukraine is largely spent at home: the American defense industry receives government funds to produce ammunition on American soil by American workers.Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
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Instead, cybersecurity often gets lumped in with regular IT duties.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Discovery’s Max, the Disney+ version lumps TV shows and movies together.Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.CBS News, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.Vulture, Vulture, 6 June 2022
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“Pellet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellet. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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