shell
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If you want to make a 20% down payment on a $750,000 home, the recommended percentage to avoid private mortgage insurance, you’d need to shell out $150,000.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
The 87-year-old saw no reason to worry; her ex-army husband had inspected it decades ago and declared it was "only a shell".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
It notes that “Hong Kong companies are allowed to have no business operations and can exist as shell companies.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It also became a classic example of a long-standing chemistry principle stating that stable transition metal complexes typically contain 18 electrons in their outer shell according to formal electron counting methods.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The terrifying beast whipped her long neck first to the left, then to the right, reveling in her freedom from her human-shaped shell.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Vocabulary lists containing shell
Structural Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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