sublimation
Example Sentences
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"It also did not show jitter from jets as a result of uneven sublimation of ice on its surface, nor a substantial evolution in its spin period, as often witnessed for evaporating comets."
From Salon
I don’t know whether to call Matisse’s process distillation, sublimation or some other term.
From Washington Post
Repression, sublimation and their terrible psychic toll ripple through “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion’s handsome adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel.
From Washington Post
Strings called this “sublimation,” or turning life’s darkest matter into positivity.
From New York Times
Civilization “involves reason, enlightenment, moderation, moral education, skepticism,” whereas culture represents “the sublimation of the demonic.”
From New York Times
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