How to Use polyvinyl chloride in a Sentence
polyvinyl chloride
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Her head and legs are made using polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
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It is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC)—a hard resin used in many plastic products from pipes to bottles.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2023
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Replacement pipes will be made of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
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Lutz said all of the cars were intact except for one car that contained pellets of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 June 2021
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In the past year, the price of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), which is elemental to pressing records, jumped by nearly 50%.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
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Vinyl window frames are often made of polyvinyl chloride.
—Maria Masters, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2022
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Chilewich makes its place mats and other products from polyester yarn that’s been coated with polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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Vinyl chloride is used in the production of hard plastic polyvinyl chloride, or PVCs.
—Josh Chin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
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During our tests, the sticky polyvinyl chloride fabric ensured that no sweaty feet or palms went sliding.
—Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
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The lacing, once fragile cotton, like shoelaces, is now made of an extruded polyvinyl chloride, which is more durable.
—Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
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The researchers offered up polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and six other types of plastic.
—Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Oct. 2017
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It is often used to make polyvinyl chloride, otherwise known as PVC piping.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
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The colorless manmade gas is used to make polyvinyl chloride, commonly referred to as PVC, a type of hard plastic resin.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
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It's made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), the synthetic plastic polymer that's used in bottles and toys that give them that flexible stretch.
—Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 2 Apr. 2019
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Soaker hoses can be made from recycled rubber, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or vinyl.
—James Fitzgerald, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2022
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The branches are usually made from green plastic, often polyvinyl chloride, the same stuff used for PVC piping in houses.
—Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2017
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Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas used to make polyvinyl chloride, the hard plastic resin in plastic products, like credit cards, car parts, PVC pipe and more.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2023
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It is used to make polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, pipes and packaging materials.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
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With each passing summer, more and more bodies of water are invaded by the species known as the polyvinyl chloride inflatable pool float.
—Sanam Yar, New York Times, 30 July 2019
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Vinyl chloride is primarily used to make polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
—Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
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The garland has over 300 tips made with a polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene blend, giving you the most realistic style.
—Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2023
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The fire cooked off a haul of vinyl chloride—the chemical that makes PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic and is also a carcinogen—and bathed the area in a plume of smoke loaded with highly toxic chemicals.
—WIRED, 18 Feb. 2023
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Today, almost all products sold as vegan leather are made of a material called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, which is a form of plastic.
—National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2019
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Both trains were carrying vinyl chloride, a colorless flammable gas used to produce polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
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The idea behind it is the same as massaging, except this method can be done in the comfort of your own home using a foam roller, rolling device, a hard ball like a lacrosse ball or softball, or even a small piece of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, pipe.
—Zachary Gillen, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
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The most common yoga mats on the market include polyvinyl chloride or PVC, natural rubber, and natural cork.
—Michelle Pugle, Health, 29 Mar. 2023
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Following a string of ruptures in recent years, the city has been steadily replacing its cast-iron water pipes, some of which are more than 100 years old, with more durable tubes made of polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
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Westlake is now the second-largest U.S. producer of polyvinyl chloride, used to make pipes and other building materials.
—Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, 21 May 2018
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The plants make polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, and petrochemicals used in construction, packaging and other goods.
—Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica, 20 May 2022
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The intense heat has also melted portions of a gas collection system, which consists of long polyvinyl chloride pipes that vacuum out methane and odorous sulfur gases.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
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