How to Use dry ice in a Sentence

dry ice

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Definition of dry icenext
  • They can be used be as temporary storage units for 15 days by refilling with dry ice.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Pfizer's shipping container can be refilled with dry ice.
    — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • There’s bubble wrap and dry ice, Styrofoam coolers and layers of cardboard.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The airport facilities are equipped again to store and actually replenish the dry ice if need be.
    — TheWeek, 29 Nov. 2020
  • My family can’t be at my holiday table, but some of my favorite food memories can, packed snugly in a box with a scoop of dry ice.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • States and local jurisdictions also know how to support distribution with dry ice.
    — Bloomberg.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Upon arrival, the thermal shippers must be refreshed with dry ice or the vials must be transferred to ultra-low-temperature freezers.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Asked about storing vaccines, Arcuri said Italy would deploy special freezers, dry ice packs and depots as needed.
    — John Follain, Bloomberg.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Colder than Antarctica in winter, dry ice – made from carbon dioxide – is crucial for moving and storing these vaccines.
    — Dana Jacobson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Vaccines are somewhat restricted because of the dry ice and other refrigerants that are a restricted article.
    — TheWeek, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Once it has been opened, the box can serve as a table-top freezer for up to 15 days more, as long as it is opened infrequently and quickly and the dry ice is replenished regularly.
    — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Colder than Antarctica in winter, dry ice is critical to transporting and storing the coronavirus vaccines.
    — CBS News, 20 Nov. 2020
  • But, according to The Washington Post, Pfizer will begin test shipments that include dry ice in the coming weeks.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Currently, the dry runs for vaccine distribution have not included the dry ice needed to maintain the extreme storage temperature during shipping.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2020
  • When the server brings it out, a fog of dry ice wafts from the edges of the dish.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Buy gel packs and block ice and, as the storm draws closer, dry ice.
    — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The gas puts the pop in soft drinks and the fizz in beer, and is turned into dry ice to keep food frozen.
    — Jesse Newman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The four frozen caps were to be stored in a cooler filled with fifty pounds of dry ice.
    — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • But add a little dry ice and a creepy punch bowl and you're all set!
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The video showed a disco ball, the Scales of Justice, test tubes, beakers, dry ice and a boomerang.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Its pasties are shipped nationwide to most of the U.S., frozen with dry ice.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2022
  • It will be served in a porcelain tea pot with smoke from dry ice.
    — Dallas News, 27 July 2022
  • Having a few more crates of Alaskan seafood overnighted, just for the dry ice.
    — Scott Jacobson, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The ice cream is packed with dry ice to keep cold during shipping.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Walk around that area, take it all in, and maybe order a whole pie and ship it back here in dry ice.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The second type of snow found on the Red Planet’s surface is dry ice.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Late last year, this system led to a surge in demand for dry ice in parts of the United States.
    — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • It’s shipped in a cooler with dry ice and serves between 14-20 people.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
  • After the duo had left the stage, a DJ played hits from earlier in West’s career as the stage filled with dry ice.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024

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