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Recent Examples of repellency
In addition to evaluating performance and how effectively water was removed from the car’s shield, factors like rain repellency, ease of installation, noise and price were considered.
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Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
For example, the NEMO Dagger OSMO™ Lightweight Backpacking Tent is made of poly-nylon ripstop fabric and has excellent water repellency, which means it won’t be worn down by the elements as easily.
—Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
Motivated to increase the sustainability factor even further, The North Face also created a new PFC-free DWR treatment that maintains 80 percent of its water repellency after 80 wash cycles (and requires no consumer applications of water-polluting retreatment).
—Outside Online, 8 Jan. 2019
The repellency lasts for up to 10 washes.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
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Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
For example, the NEMO Dagger OSMO™ Lightweight Backpacking Tent is made of poly-nylon ripstop fabric and has excellent water repellency, which means it won’t be worn down by the elements as easily.
—Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
Motivated to increase the sustainability factor even further, The North Face also created a new PFC-free DWR treatment that maintains 80 percent of its water repellency after 80 wash cycles (and requires no consumer applications of water-polluting retreatment).
—Outside Online, 8 Jan. 2019
The repellency lasts for up to 10 washes.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellency
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2024
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The series gets darker and more grotesque as the season progresses, and our uncomfortable laughter eventually fades into a grimace of repugnance.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 July 2023
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By the standards of Sin City, the casino has attained a modest amount of infamy and lore over its 25 years in operation.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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The fact that Fire & Blood’s narrators and cited sources are mostly men trying to wrap their heads around Alys gave the actress room to play with the character’s dance among fact, faction, and infamy.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 July 2024
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Retrograde Mercury picks a fight with Uranus, ruler of weirdness, provoking an eruption of unexpected unpleasantness in your life, and then the Sun partners up with Mercury in a temporary flare of stubborn self-delusion.Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
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Twice during the approximately 90-minute session of filibustering, chaotic press questioning, and overall unpleasantness, the microphone feedback sent shudders through the hearts of the some 100 reporters packed into a sweaty room.Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Since last week’s atrocity, imagery of which was widely shared on social media, the Ukrainian 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades, respectively holding positions southeast and southwest of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade’s own positions in Kursk Oblast, have ambushed Russian marines.David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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And while the second Monday in October has historically been celebrated as Columbus Day and is still federally recognized as such, many have pushed for moving away from the holiday to acknowledge the atrocities Columbus committed against people living in the Americas long before his arrival.Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Repellency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellency. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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