pellet

Example Sentences

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Patrick Wilson plays one of the nervous teachers who have been issued pellet guns in anticipation of another attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The pieces appear to be part of a round plastic pellet that was filled with a pinkish powder.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

The resulting plastic pellet could then be removed every few dozen washes and thrown away with general waste.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

The fim said trading was boosted by the performance of its flexible generation, pellet production and biomass operations.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Instead, Voyager relies on a small nuclear power plant, drawing hundreds of watts from the radioactive decay of a pellet of plutonium.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan