How to Use p in a Sentence

p

noun
Definition of pnext
  • The rewards, then, spell o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y in neon versions of the Wave’s shades of blue, pink and orange.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • This recombination eats up the population of electrons and holes, pulling holes away from the p-side and electrons away from the n-side.
    — Sid Assawaworrarit, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The character is clearly inspired by Ross, showing off the three p’s that defined him: perm, painting, and public TV.
    — Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Your sign to unfollow p ...See more original sound - Hira Mustafa How beauty filters have impacted my self esteem.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • As soon as the p-word was deployed, rich countries got to work pre-negotiating and massaging contracts with manufacturers for not-yet-existent vaccines.
    — Grace Browne, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Two mathematicians at the California Institute of Technology proved a 1978 conjecture predicting that cubic Gauss sums, which sum numbers of the form for some prime number p, always add up to about .
    — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Pathologists found fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, cocaine, lidocaine, and ethanol in his system, the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Gasoline consumption took the biggest dive, dropping to 7.2 million barrels p/d from 8.4 million barrels p/d the week before, according to the Energy Information Administration.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2021
  • In the course of its campaign to eradicate p-hacking, which was generally well intended, Data Colada also uncovered manipulations that were not.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The rewards, then, spell o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y in neon versions of the Wave’s shades of blue, pink and orange.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • This recombination eats up the population of electrons and holes, pulling holes away from the p-side and electrons away from the n-side.
    — Sid Assawaworrarit, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The character is clearly inspired by Ross, showing off the three p’s that defined him: perm, painting, and public TV.
    — Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Your sign to unfollow p ...See more original sound - Hira Mustafa How beauty filters have impacted my self esteem.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • As soon as the p-word was deployed, rich countries got to work pre-negotiating and massaging contracts with manufacturers for not-yet-existent vaccines.
    — Grace Browne, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Two mathematicians at the California Institute of Technology proved a 1978 conjecture predicting that cubic Gauss sums, which sum numbers of the form for some prime number p, always add up to about .
    — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Pathologists found fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, cocaine, lidocaine, and ethanol in his system, the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Gasoline consumption took the biggest dive, dropping to 7.2 million barrels p/d from 8.4 million barrels p/d the week before, according to the Energy Information Administration.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2021
  • In the course of its campaign to eradicate p-hacking, which was generally well intended, Data Colada also uncovered manipulations that were not.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023

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