liquid
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They’re a liquid alternative asset, basically the closest thing you could get to a sparkly cartoon slot machine, where one lucky pull could mean hundreds of dollars in profit.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The current buyback program was launched in 2024 to support trading in older, less liquid securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Running will not help," nor will trying to flee by vehicle, Sharif added, because the mud and water moving at high speed form a lethal combination "like liquid concrete."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
To mitigate the risk, it’s best to have money set aside in a liquid account that you can use without having to tap into your retirement investments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
With a pair of kitchen tongs, Simon lifted the cannibal book from a vat of bubbling liquid that sat upon a makeshift stove, fashioned out of Bunsen burners from the Swanburne laboratory.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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“Nonetheless, Strait of Hormuz transits remain subdued, well below pre-conflict levels, about 8 million barrels a day for total petroleum liquids, versus a pre-war level of about 21 million barrels a day,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Some hollow core fibers can be filled with gases or liquids, allowing them to map temperature distributions or even function as tiny laboratories for chemical experiments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Then Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman Jr. showed how crude oil could be fractionated into various liquids, one of which was kerosene, an excellent illuminant that was much cheaper than whale oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
A flow battery is a device that stores energy in liquids, rather than solid electrodes as lithium-ion batteries do.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
They would offer a pamphlet with one hand while using the other hand to shower us with all manner of smelly liquids.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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