How to Use phosphate in a Sentence

phosphate

noun

• Before the big freeze, the oceans were low in phosphate.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2017
• In the late 1800s, phosphate mining was the main industry in the area near the springs.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 30 May 2021
• To do that, the child would have to take packets of phosphate three or four times a day.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• Still, the team was not sure how Enceladus had gotten such high amounts of phosphates in the first place.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
• One of these is the story of the lithium-iron-phosphate battery.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 18 Jan. 2022
• This process eliminates the need to buy more phosphate from faraway sources and transport it to the U.S.
  — William McDonough, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
• Approval of the study is good news for the phosphate industry, which has a big waste problem.
  — Eric Tegethoff, The New Republic, 18 July 2023
• Picture a ladder that twists like a corkscrew, with the sugar and phosphate acting as the side rails and the base pairs acting as the rungs.
  — Ryan Rossotto, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• But food is so sparse here that oxygen, nitrate, and phosphate were present even in the deepest mud.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 29 July 2020
• For years, phosphate was dug up, with the excess dirt piled up to form various hills.
  — Rodney Page, Tampa Bay Times, 20 Feb. 2017
• 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
• Aqua denies that the phosphate blend caused lead to leach out of the village’s plumbing into the water.
  — NBC News, 18 June 2021
• Best of all, though, might be a lithium iron phosphate that gives you the ability to live off the grid for two peaceful weeks.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2022
• Now, the main limit to crop growth was phosphorus—and as long as the phosphate mines hummed, that was no limit at all.
  — Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
• This laundry stick looks like a bar of soap and is free of petroleum, phosphates, parabens, and dyes.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• The reservoir is a system of lined ponds connected to the former phosphate mine.
  — USA Today, 5 Apr. 2021
• In 2021, a leak was discovered at the Piney Point phosphate plant in west Florida.
  — Eric Tegethoff, The New Republic, 18 July 2023
• There is a new lithium-iron phosphate Standard Pack, that provides a driving range of as much as 270 miles.
  — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
• It's built to go the distance with a lithium iron phosphate battery and drop-proof construction.
  — Mike Richard and Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health, 10 June 2022
• The strands are made of alternating sugar and phosphate groups.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
• The fountain also serves phosphates as well as milkshakes, malts and sundaes.
  — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• The fountain also serves phosphates as well as milkshakes, malts and sundaes.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
• The other is a phosphate plant that belches pollution into the sky.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• And its switch to cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate batteries for some of its cars has given it more room to lower prices.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
• When plugged into a wall outlet, its lithium iron phosphate battery can reach an 80% charge in less than an hour.
  — Dan Diclerico, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• Then there’s the phosphate-free Diva scent of Glamorous Wash, which arrived in my mailbox by surprise.
  — Vogue, 20 Sep. 2021
• The parathyroid gland helps regulate calcium and phosphate, so these need to be checked.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
• The bZ3 will be the first time Toyota uses a lithium iron phosphate cathode in its EV batteries.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 25 Oct. 2022
• Trapped in the ice were also rare salts such as phosphates, the first to be detected originating from an ocean outside of Earth.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
• When someone is vitamin D deficient, the body releases calcium and phosphate from the bones, leading to bone weakening and softening.
  — Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024