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plastic

[plas-tik] / ˈplæs tɪk /




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The dispute echoes a growing pattern in consensus-based global negotiations, where oil-producing countries are accused of frustrating efforts to tackle fossil fuels, plastic trash and other environmental harm.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Officers cinched a plastic zip-tie around her wrists and led her away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

During a recent interview with the financial influencer Haley Sacks, who is known as Mrs. Dow Jones, the plastic surgeon Ryan Neinstein said he prescribes them to patients.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

When shoppers go online to check a balance, their search takes them to a bogus page, rather than the web address provided with the plastic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

They are buying massive amounts of chips, computers, electrical equipment, power turbines and all the construction materials need to build data centers, such as steel, concrete, advanced plastics and rare-earth metals.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Dow Inc. DOW -1.01%decrease; down pointing triangle third-quarter net income rose sharply as cost cuts and higher plastics prices offset supply disruptions related to the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“It’s a foundational study about the chemistry of plastics interacting with the most common chemical, water, and it’s important because it really does show that these things are capable of generating hydroxyl radicals,” Campen said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Rather than expecting microorganisms to break down materials that are naturally resistant to decomposition, scientists could develop plastics with chemical structures that make biological recycling possible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

He was an organic chemist, doing research on plastics and polymers.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien


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