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solvent

[sol-vuhnt] / ˈsɒl vənt /


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Instead, it relies on the unique way lithium ions interact with water molecules inside a solvent that changes behavior depending on temperature.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

The Social Security trustees projected that this package of adjustments would keep the system solvent for the next 75 years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Proponents say charitable gambling keeps nonprofits solvent and lets them expand their missions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Treasury, Emirati firms handle by far the world’s highest volume of Iran’s shadow funds, exploiting opaque registries and lax rules to keep Tehran solvent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 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




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