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Another makes acetic anhydride, a key ingredient of aspirin, and the third makes ethyl acetate, which is used as a solvent and for decaffeinating tea and coffee.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The bipartisan 1983 effort made the system solvent for half a century, largely thanks to a strong economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Afterward, the researchers extract a relatively thick oil from the solvent that functions as a lubricant.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Paramount was struggling to remain solvent prior to the Ellison family’s purchase of the media company last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

In the middle years of the seventeenth century experience stopped being something that accorded naturally with the statements of previous authorities and became a caustic solvent of fabulous beliefs.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Researchers have considered alternative amino acids, alternative solvents, and even entirely different chemical structures.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

The list of potential contaminants from the 'fire practice pond' include petrol, oil, lubricants, solvents and firefighting chemicals - which were "drained into storm water drainage."

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Existing battery assembly lines include football-field-long ovens for drying layers of material that have been dissolved in solvents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Many of those operations used petrochemical products and solvents such as resins, adhesives and acrylic compounds like methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Benzene, a frequent constituent of insecticidal solvents, lodges in the marrow and remains deposited there for periods known to be as long as 20 months.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson