as in bullet
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge
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Recent Examples of pellet
Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Rabbits also eat food pellets, but should not be overfed the calorie-rich products, said Varble.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Fill them with the tiny wood smoker pellets that look like rabbit feed to add a lengthy, thick smoke boost whenever it is needed.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Noun
Testosterone treatment includes a gel rubbed on the shoulder, pills or an implantable pellet in the buttocks.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Rabbits also eat food pellets, but should not be overfed the calorie-rich products, said Varble.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
NC State Veterinary Hospital recommends pelleted feed formulated specifically for chinchillas.
—Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Fill them with the tiny wood smoker pellets that look like rabbit feed to add a lengthy, thick smoke boost whenever it is needed.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellet
Noun
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One of the vehicles had a window and its windshield shattered by the bullets.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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One man allegedly unloaded his pistol into Mary, only to find that the bullets were incapable of penetrating her thick hide.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The scales are hydrophobic enough to make water droplets bead up — but hydrophilic enough to keep them from rolling right off the reptiles.—
Jason Bittel,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Ideally the water will bead up into droplets on the grout, indicating that the grout is successfully sealed.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Wildcats received the ball underneath their own hoop with 0.7 seconds remaining in overtime with the score tied at 74.—
Jack Vita,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Most football fans associate towels with players who need to catch the ball like Brown, who routinely wears a towel.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The mining and pelletizing segment supplies iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from its mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
4 May 2023
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Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean.—
Anne Quito,
Quartz,
2 Sep. 2021
Noun
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For instance, if Trump stops all weapons shipments to Ukraine, then Putin would have no incentive to negotiate and will bet that his army can steamroll Ukrainian defensive positions as Kyiv is starved of ammunition.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The trial over Baldwin’s on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had begun last July when a witness revealed evidence about ammunition that had not been disclosed to Baldwin’s attorneys.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.—
Aemilia Madden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 July 2023
Verb
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Potatoes Protein content: around four grams per medium-size potato (baked) While the potato is often lumped in with starchy foods like rice, bread, pasta, and cereal, it’s—surprise!—actually classified as a vegetable.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
8 Jan. 2025
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He was lumped in with Cedric Pare, a middle-six Toronto Marlies forward, and Dakota Mermis, who has yet to play for the Leafs.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
6 June 2022
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“Pellet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellet. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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