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coating

[koh-ting] / ˈkoʊ tɪŋ /


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Hearn was arrested in June after he said he reached into the water to touch a piece of the coating that had already detached from the bottom of the reflecting pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The anchovy sizzled itself into the oil coating those browned alliums.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The deal covers Nanexa’s PharmaShell technology, which is designed to enable controlled and sustained release of active pharmaceutical ingredients through an ultra-thin coating applied to individual drug particles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The powders and the coating are carried by gas and brought together in a chemical reaction.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Amil and I would fight over the pit, loving to gnaw every bit of fruit off it, the filmy stickiness coating our hands and face.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

Such clothing contains antimicrobial coatings to suppress odor-causing bacteria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Individual powder granules are measured in micrometres, the coatings in nanometres - they are applied using a technique known as atomic layer deposition.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

"Pollen has been very useful in identifying different coatings where the molecular profiles were identical."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Most indium goes into coatings for flat-panel displays, a mature market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

He went on past street lamps covered with thick coatings of snow, gleaming like huge frosted moons above his head.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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