How to Use diluent in a Sentence

diluent

noun
  • This would mean the vaccine will no longer require a diluent.
    Amanda Sealy, Nadia Kounang and Ryan Prior, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The second situation would play out if the U.S. halts exports to Venezuela of a product called diluent, which allows the thick oil to be transported.
    Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 10 May 2018
  • Before dawn on a recent raw morning, Susan Bissonnette, the nurse in charge, prepared enough vials of the Pfizer vaccine and diluent for the first few hundred shots of the day.
    New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
  • In November, the company reached the conclusion that 29 to 33 barrels of diluent were released into the ground.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Sanctions could take the shape of cutting off those purchases, though an equally effective tactic would be refusing to sell Venezuela the diluent that makes its crude marketable.
    Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
  • In November, the company reached the conclusion that 29 to 33 barrels of diluent, which is used to dilute heavier oils for easier transportation, had been released.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2021
  • And later this year, Pfizer plans to submit a new formulation of its vaccine that would not require the addition of a diluent, removing one step in the process for those administering vaccines.
    Amanda Sealy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The vaccine comes as a powder, which must be reconstituted with an accompanying solution of sterile diluent and then used within 6 hours.
    Leslie Roberts, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The powder can be reconstituted by dissolving with a diluent before vaccination.
    Rajesh Roy, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2021

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