agglomerate
Example Sentences
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For instance, it’s still unclear how solid material agglomerates into planet-sized pieces.
From Scientific American
Generally, Austin said, ultrafine particles tend to agglomerate as they travel through the air — they stick together and become larger particles, which aren’t able to pass from the airways into the bloodstream.
From Seattle Times
The base of the daybed is created from an agglomerate of colorful recycled PET plastic.
From Washington Times
The material, agglomerated using only natural resins, required years of research and testing for the use in phones.
From Reuters
"We grow them and we introduce a small amount of cadmium, and naturally they produce cadmium sulphide crystals which then agglomerate on the outsides of their bodies."
From BBC
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