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crystal

[kris-tl] / ˈkrɪs tl /


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A laser shines onto the crystal, interacting with the thorium nuclei inside.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“I made it crystal clear: The second the fund is no longer independent, Helmsley is out,” Panzirer said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We felt like legally it was crystal clear, and we had authority. So we called the trusted contact, her adult daughter. She responded immediately, and said, ‘I’m so glad to hear from you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

It can be a liquid or a crystal form too.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But the colors inside the crystal ball were swirling.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Because this cooling process takes place underground, the minerals have time to develop into relatively large crystals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

This approach to weather modification, now more than 80-years-old, involves using planes and drones to disperse compounds such as silver iodide into clouds to form ice crystals.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Gravity then pulls those crystals to the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"These small crystals allow us to go back in time and learn about the major changes to Earth's ancient landscapes," Stockli said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

It appears to be a collection of her mother’s jewelry and some crystals she grew in a fridge with salt and food coloring.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2019

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon paneled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. 

From Lost Face by Jack London

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser

Now I ascended, or again descended the dropping and crystalled rocks; now crept into openings, which suddenly terminated, and turning again, anxiously listened to the sound of the rippling water as my only guide.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various




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