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shredding

[shred-ing] / ˈʃrɛd ɪŋ /


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The main challenge comes from contamination introduced during the vehicle shredding process.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Currently only plastic recycled through mechanical techniques, which involve washing, shredding, and remelting the stuff, can be used towards the quota.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

A hidden consequence of disasters, distinct from the traumas afflicting each person, was a shredding of “social life that damages the bonds attaching people together and impairs a prevailing sense of communality,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“We’re not looking for people to be shredding like crazy,” says Naomi Folta, a team rider for GrlSwirl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Malcolm watched her hands and the old knife unhurriedly shredding it, setting the outside leaves and the heart aside for stock, and reaching for another.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman