zinc
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Lead production rose 15% and zinc production decreased 2.6% compared with the second quarter of 2025, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Most zinc oxide used in sunscreen consists of very small, roughly spherical nanoparticles produced through chemical manufacturing methods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The researchers compared the tetrapod-shaped zinc oxide with conventional zinc oxide nanoparticles typically found in mineral sunscreen.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Northern Star Resources picked the head of Glencore’s nickel and zinc industrial assets to be its next chief executive, as it faces pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management for change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The two ramshackle rooms, built from zinc and porous bricks, like the ones on Fifteenth Avenue, overlooked the street, and were part of a row of similarly constructed tenements partitioned by narrow, dark, rat-infested alleyways.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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"Parisian zincs are the ideal theater of the comedy of man," observes the weekly L'Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Even the best zincs will not provide full protection if they're not installed correctly and replaced in a timely fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There are many forms of the zincs, the one shown being called the crow-foot shape.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
This is, perhaps, the best mode of amalgamating cast zincs.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.
While the proprietors of the adjacent wine-shops and "zincs" grumbled at the new order of things, the young people were making the best of Mardi Gras in hilarious fashion.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore