How to Use cobalt in a Sentence

cobalt

noun
  • Before Macron’s presidency, a brighter cobalt was used in the tricolor for decades.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2021
  • By the end of this decade, the world will be running short on the raw materials for batteries—not just lithium, but also metals like nickel and cobalt.
    Gregory Barber, Wired, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Picking up where Kaczmarczyk left off, Shortland set out to understand how ancient Egyptians worked with that cobalt ore.
    Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Their production, especially the requisite lithium and cobalt, is a resource-intensive and dirty process.
    Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Monday's proceedings resumed after a roughly 90-minute delay, with Holmes again at the witness stand wearing a cobalt dress with a black blazer.
    Michael Liedtke, ajc, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The scores reflect how prepared each company is to identify and deal with potential human rights abuses tied to supply chains for cobalt, copper, lithium, and nickel.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2024
  • With it, the last major U.S. investment in Congo’s cobalt and copper mines evaporated.
    New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
  • For instance, about 70 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where children sometimes toil in mines.
    David Douglas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2021
  • China is currently trouncing the United States in the global race to secure lithium and cobalt, two minerals vital for electric car batteries.
    Maxine Joselow, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • China refines 60% of the world’s lithium and 80% of the cobalt.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Dusk faded, moving from shades of pink and blue to a deep cobalt.
    Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Take blue and white to the next level with a vibrant burst of cobalt, like in this dreamy kitchen by Mark D. Sikes.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Much of the world's cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Shop it in black, cobalt, or pink, and pair it with glam hoops to up the overall elegance.
    Rachel Sylvester, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The word cobalt comes from the German word kobold, meaning goblin.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Tops are iron, with four unpaired 3d electrons, and cobalt, with three.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In addition to bold cobalt, this bag also comes in a creamy caramel shade.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In Lemon's photo, both wore blue pants suits — Malone in a navy color and Lemon in a cobalt shade.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Look at the race to mine and identify lithium and cobalt for instance.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Bathed in aqua and cobalt, the characters rise out of a ‘57 Chevy Bel Air convertible.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • Iron has four unpaired 3d electrons, and cobalt, three.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023
  • No one really knows how much cobalt is in the Idaho Cobalt Belt.
    Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Its value is so high because it's packed full of nickel, iron and cobalt.
    Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2021
  • On the left, a nickel cobalt manganese battery cell; on the right, a lithium iron phosphate cell.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But more than 70% of the world’s supply of cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Robert Simpson, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • The cobalt hue with vibrant blooms is a surefire way to brighten up anyone's day.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Ease into it by swapping your black liner for a rich navy or cobalt shade.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The superb rock is composed of nickel, cobalt and iron worth $4.7 billion.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • One study showed as much as 30% of Congo’s cobalt is sourced from artisanal mines.
    Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Notably, China has near-complete dominance in the sourcing and refining of cobalt, nickel, and lithium.
    Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2024

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