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plastic

[plas-tik] / ˈplæs tɪk /




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At the fair ground, bumper cars and other rides remained covered in their protective plastic sheets.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

It came in a rigid plastic triangle sealed with peel-and-stick film—a transparent reliquary for something nobody revered.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Instead, he was hunched over in a single foldout plastic chair in an otherwise empty room, looking spent.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

While its bottles are glass, Loonen’s caps contain a plastic lining, though the company says that it is unpainted, uncoated, PFAS- and BPA-free.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Aunt Melissa turns off the stove and starts pouring the red sauce into a plastic container.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Here’s a look at how some of the premium plastics stack up against each other:

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Downstairs, men sort plastics, cardboard, paper, metals and glass into neat piles destined for workshops and factories.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Romany specialises in recycled polyethylene, one of the world's most widely used plastics and a key ingredient in packaging.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Namely, how much microplastic is absorbed by the body and how much accumulates over time given that researchers think some level of the plastics exit the body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Give me plastics, periodical tables, t.v. dinners with vegetables no more complex than peas mixed with diced carrots.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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