distillation
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The vitrines themselves are distillations, and the cut-out portholes that provide a view inside are a further attempt to concentrate focus.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
As of Thursday, two of Cardon's four crude distillations units were back in service and workers were trying to resume operations at the naphtha reformer after the blackout, three sources from the complex said.
From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2022
Like “Dept. of Speculation,” Offill’s widely praised last novel, “Weather” unfolds in fragments: witty distillations of absurdity, mundanity, empathy and despair.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2020
A typical apparatus for laboratory-scale distillations is shown in Figure 11.19.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
“Welcome to the best perfumery in all of Paris. It is full of distillations, aromatics, concoctions, and one-of-a-kind perfumes,” she said in French.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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