refractory
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But despite this, the research complied by Kada and Ortus Economic Research, concluded that net company worth had increased since 2018 in advanced and technical ceramics, sanitaryware and refractory products.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Late-phase data for the U.K. drugmaker’s camlipixant and bepirovirsen in refractory chronic cough and hepatitis B, respectively, are due and the outcome of a portfolio review should come alongside second-quarter results, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a biologics license application for anito-cel as a fourth-line treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
In order to collect the data, researchers turned to a group of patients who have refractory epilepsy, currently untreatable by medication.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023
So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o’clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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U.S. and European companies have been recently investing in developing synthetic graphite as demand from the EV sector is surging for this soft form of carbon, which until recently was mainly used for steelmaking refractories.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2023
It boasted that it was the world's No. 1 producer of aluminum, tinplate, refractories, plumbing fixtures, lifting jacks, air brakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For example, the material for silica refractories is obtained in the United States chiefly from certain regions in Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Wisconsin.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
These two prelates, refractories to the decrees of the popes, were supported by Innocent XI. in their resistance to the will and rights of their sovereign.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
Colonel Franchessini, so well known for his ardor in punishing the refractories of the National Guard, has been elected almost unanimously in one of the rotten boroughs of the civil list.
From The Deputy of Arcis by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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