plastic
Example Sentences
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A spindly plastic tube extended from my forehead to the “Eye Spa” machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The astronauts have instead used an alternative system which involves collapsible plastic containers that collect their urine.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Yet Jones didn’t instruct her to swab the plastic pill bag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
In 1957, Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes were trying to create a new kind of textured wallpaper by attaching two plastic sheets together, but pockets of air got stuck in between.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
She falls in beside me, filling plastic cups with apple juice and pulling a bag of carrots and celery from the fridge.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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