as in saturated
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containing water or similar to water
an aqueous solution
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On the other side lay an aqueous solution that was rich with L-serine, an amino acid that is critical for protein synthesis and cell proliferation.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
Human subjects whose mouths were attached to gustatory apparatuses that suctioned out oral cavity fluids and delivered aqueous solutions of Korean hot sauce and Hershey’s hot-chocolate powder exhibited the activation of overlapping as well as distinct brain regions in response to pleasure and pain.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Veiled by this aqueous spillage — textured by the rough grain of the silk-screening process — the meteorites in the paintings seem not entirely solid.
—Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The epilogue to the aqueous SOS runs a little soupy.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
Human subjects whose mouths were attached to gustatory apparatuses that suctioned out oral cavity fluids and delivered aqueous solutions of Korean hot sauce and Hershey’s hot-chocolate powder exhibited the activation of overlapping as well as distinct brain regions in response to pleasure and pain.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Veiled by this aqueous spillage — textured by the rough grain of the silk-screening process — the meteorites in the paintings seem not entirely solid.
—Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The epilogue to the aqueous SOS runs a little soupy.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aqueous
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“Aqueous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqueous. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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