leaching

Example Sentences

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The chemical is essential in the leaching process of copper, which involves extracting the metal from copper ore.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Audience trust is leaching away fast and Brits are increasingly refusing to pay up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Plastic cigarette filters are the world's most littered item, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment and breaking down into microplastics -- while doing very little for the smoker, the secretariat said.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

This unusual imbalance suggested that liquid water had once seeped through the rocks, effectively leaching lutetium out of them.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

His hair didn’t look quite so dark, as if the color was leaching out.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan