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[melt] / mɛlt /




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They buy ships and deliver them to specialist yards that strip out fixtures and fittings and melt down or reuse the steel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

You could absolutely use feta, goat cheese, mozzarella or cream cheese depending on what’s in your fridge, but there’s something uniquely satisfying about the melt of American cheese here.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The silky green ribbon of the Merced River meanders through the valley floor below, astonishingly lush during the spring snow melt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Between 1950 and 2023, extreme melt events produced an average of 12.7 gigatons of water per decade.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The glacier that hung from the cliffs at their backs was their reservoir of water: chipping ice and bringing it inside to melt on the stove was a critical job.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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