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combustible

[kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl] / kəmˈbʌs tə bəl /


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Other areas had gone without fire for more than 100 years, allowing dead wood, shrubs, and other combustible material to accumulate.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Automakers are also racing to shift away from combustible engines under EU rules that call for 90 percent of all cars sold in the bloc to be electric by 2035.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

Put that setup in the anything-goes hands of Schoenbrun and it should make for a combustible combination of genre, persona, desire and fun.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

But his exacting standards and quick temper—to say nothing of his combustible relationship with the ensemble’s formidable chief executive, Ernest Fleischmann—resulted in Mr. Thomas’s unceremonious departure from the organization.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

“Like charcoal? The combustible or the art supply?”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Different types of garbage - separated into combustibles, non-combustibles, and recyclables - are collected according to different schedules.

From BBC Dec. 19, 2024

It’s no small feat that Irie has managed to make the commingling of comestibles and combustibles feel so normal and so seamless, especially given how logistically challenging it was to pull off the location.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2023

The company said the number of consumers of non-combustible products grew by 900,000 in the first quarter, but growth in the U.S. combustibles market staggered.

From Reuters Jun. 6, 2023

Renaldo said workers were using blowtorches on the building’s exterior before the fire and that heat may have transferred through brick or mortar to the interior and ignited paper or other combustibles.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2023

We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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