ethanol
Example Sentences
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That pushes refineries near bankruptcy and compels them to plead for exemptions, which anger the ethanol lobby.
It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.
From Science Daily
Biofuels such as ethanol are often touted as a replacement for fossil fuels, but they can lead to deforestation as demand increases for the crop to burn to make the fuel.
From BBC
One of the compounds, acetic acid, had never before been definitively observed in space ice, while the others -- ethanol, methyl formate, and acetaldehyde -- were detected in ices outside the Milky Way for the first time.
From Science Daily
One day Charlie found himself intrigued by the market for ethanol futures.
From Literature
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