glass

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While light slows by about 1.5 times in glass and roughly 3.5 times in silicon or gallium arsenide, it slows by about 4.5 times in MoSe2.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

She downs her glass of orange wine, leans forward and confesses to something truly shocking.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Shet says that supply of natural gas has been cut by 20%, making it difficult for glass manufacturers to run their furnaces.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

As land values surged and horizontal growth became constrained, elevators and downtowns together climbed vertically from the steel-frame towers of the late 19th century to the glass supertalls that shape today’s skylines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Maple, in a glass bottle, collected, boiled, and shipped from one of her crafty friends in Maine or Massachusetts.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows