gypsum

Example Sentences

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For the rest of the building is disappointingly lackluster—boxy white galleries and corridors in “painted gypsum board,” i.e., sheetrock.

From The Wall Street Journal

Additionally, the basin was filled with layers of salt and gypsum.

From Science Daily

The best remedy for high pH, Wallace said, is to add gypsum to your soil and avoid things that can make the soil more alkaline, such as crushed concrete.

From Los Angeles Times

The underground road leading down to where the gypsum is extracted is steep and with sharp bends.

From BBC

A runaway freighter full of gypsum rammed a steel bridge, but the cause was crew inattention, not mechanical like Baltimore.

From Seattle Times