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silver

[sil-ver] / ˈsɪl vər /


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To construct the device, the researchers added silver nanoparticles to a layer of customized DNA sequences -- specially designed to be of certain compositions and lengths -- that was integrated with thin films of perovskite.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

With their debut full-length self-titled album released Friday, the same day as their first Hollywood Bowl appearance supporting Al Green, this moment was not handed to them on a silver platter.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Gold settled up 0.4% Friday, and silver rose 0.2%, with both metals also posting gains for the week.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

It meant that O'Connor came top with 6,751 points - a national record - with Oosterwegel taking silver on 6,713 and Netherlands' Sofie Dokter claiming bronze on 6,664.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Her sweeping black dress was covered in silver stars, and a heavy moon pendant hung from a long chain around her neck.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Overall, Manaudou won six Olympic medals across four appearances at the Games, with three silvers and two bronzes in addition to his gold.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

After four holes, one of the other golfers who had been struggling joined me at the silvers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

China's global superstar Eileen Gu won gold, her first of these Games after two silvers, with 94.75, while compatriot Li Fanghui took silver.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2026

Following her second-placed finish in the big air event on Monday, AFP asked her in a press conference whether she considered it "two silvers gained or two golds lost".

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

The bidding for Jorah Mormont had reached two hundred silvers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

A little silvered glass could be worth its weight in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

At 50, still in the blush of youth by today’s silvered political standards, Porter has plenty of highway ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC Feb. 20, 2024

Seventeen years after the Tripod fire, the silvered trunks of dead trees still stand on many slopes.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2023

Her dark hair was cropped short and straight around her head, and she wore riding leathers and a light shirt of silvered ringmail.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The man, who had silvering hair and wore a black Ariat quarter-zip and jeans, nodded and lowered his voice slightly.

From New York Times May 4, 2021

Screen Goo is highly pigmented and has a little silvering in the paint that reflects light back at lots of different angles.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2020

A thickset Catholic businessman with silvering hair and bloodshot eyes, he was wearing a loose denim shirt.

From The New Yorker Dec. 4, 2016

Explain the functions of the various parts, such as the vacuum, the silvering of the walls, the thin-walled long glass neck, the rubber support, the air layer, and the stopper.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

As soon as the silvering began, long before the cider cracked the jugs, there was something wrong.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison




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