How to Use reverse osmosis in a Sentence

reverse osmosis

noun

• With reverse osmosis, 15% to 20% of the water is lost as the nitrates are removed.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• There’s a reverse osmosis machine that draws water out of the sap.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• The pool is a shallow five to six feet with a tanning deck and reverse osmosis filtering.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
• Fried and others have suggested the state use reverse osmosis to treat the water.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2021
• In reverse osmosis, pressure filters clean water to one side of a membrane and salty brine to the other.
  — Ian Mount, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
• The membranes employed for reverse osmosis are rough, and so have a large surface area through which water can pass.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• The water is pumped through still more membranes in these reverse osmosis devices.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 18 Oct. 2021
• Sure, there are other ways to mitigate smoke taint once the grapes are picked, such as a process called reverse osmosis, but the effectiveness is iffy.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• About the only true way to remove the salt is through distillation or reverse osmosis.
  — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• In a reverse osmosis system, water is pushed through a filter membrane with small pores, according to the DHS.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2022
• That level of purity is the result of the very same process that turns seawater fresh down in Carlsbad: reverse osmosis.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 12 June 2018
• The plan for long missions is also to collect every trace of moisture from breath, sweat and urine, put it through reverse osmosis and add it to the drinking water supply.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2019
• Set the container in a deep tray, and keep the tray filled with (collected rain, distilled, reverse osmosis, or de-ionized) water.
  — Sunset Magazine, 16 Oct. 2020
• Finally, the water will be filtered once more, sometimes with reverse osmosis, so that the water is clean.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
• But the new wines coming out are made through the regular winemaking process and then the alcohol is removed with reverse osmosis.
  — oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2022
• For those seeking to elevate their hydration game, a reverse osmosis system is the best bet.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Israel's Ashkelon reverse osmosis plant is the largest, supplying about 13 percent of the country's demand for fresh water.
  — Ben Ikenson, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2017
• Sea water is first desalinated through the process of reverse osmosis.
  — Dhananjay Khadilkar, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2017
• Out of all the water filters out there, reverse osmosis is typically seen as the most effective.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2023
• The Brondell under-sink water filter costs less than many reverse osmosis (RO) systems.
  — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
• Her family still uses a private well, with reverse osmosis filtration, as her water was deemed to be safe.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2022
• Lovango even has its own reverse osmosis water plant and solar plant.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• Just like sundews, place containers of flytraps in trays, and keep the soil wet year round with (collected rain, distilled, reverse osmosis, or de-ionized) water.
  — Sunset Magazine, 16 Oct. 2020
• Full-house systems or under-the-sink reverse osmosis are also an eye sore, meant to be hidden and need to be installed by a professional technician.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 July 2022
• Next, the water undergoes reverse osmosis that removes viruses and dissolved solids, like salts.
  — Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Most plan to deploy the same reverse osmosis technology that is used in coastal projects, in which water is pushed through semipermeable membranes, to treat groundwater.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
• Breweries always have reverse osmosis water on hand to make their beer, a process that removes contaminants from a liquid.
  — Emma Balter, Chron, 28 Nov. 2022
• Enjoy fresh, clean water with this machine’s multi-step reverse osmosis process.
  — Carla Sosenko, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2020
• Lutron lighting, reverse osmosis drinking water, and in-floor heating complete the home’s high-tech offerings.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2023
• There’s also a dedicated kid’s playroom, a cocktail bar for adults, and a reverse osmosis well system with its own water supply.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2024