How to Use solvent in a Sentence
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But does City Hall need the tax just to remain solvent?
—Ryan Lillis, sacbee, 21 June 2018
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Take your patch rod, and put three solvent patches up the bore.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2020
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Since the shutdown, lines have had to raise billions of dollars to stay solvent.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2021
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But Congress could still opt to fund the program in other ways to keep it solvent.
—Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2020
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This seems to be its own unique thing, and music is the universal solvent.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2018
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Prices doubled to some $400 per ton, and just like that, the coal industry is solvent again.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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Any small leaks let the solvent evaporate off at the site, sealing the area with latex.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2018
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The Fed lacked the legal authority to buy banks and keep them solvent, which is the only thing that would have helped.
—Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2020
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Even as the Pac-12 fights to remain solvent, this has been one of the strongest starts for the league, with as many as six teams in the hunt for the conference championship.
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
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Some 400 Sears and Kmart stores have closed in the past year while the parent company continues to stay solvent.
—Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 31 May 2018
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Any thoughts on how to move ahead peacefully and also solvent?
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2023
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As of a month ago, the trust fund had $1.1 billion in it and was estimated to be solvent for 18 months, according to Haavind.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2020
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Almost all the adhesives used to make the sandals are water soluble and solvent-free, and the shoes will still last a decade or more.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 14 June 2018
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Schools are forced to rely more heavily on a la carte items (a sandwich, rather than the full meal with fruits, veggies and milk) to stay solvent.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 7 June 2019
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The universal solvent turns out to be not culture but celebrity and money.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
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Unabashed greed, now that perfectly solvent people are not ashamed to beg for cash, surely has a lot to do with this.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
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This suggested a worst case of two books, two books erased, wiped away by the universal solvent of children.
—Michael Chabon, GQ, 27 Apr. 2018
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Francesca’s stock fell as the pandemic struck this year and retailers struggled to stay solvent.
—Skyler Rossi, Bloomberg.com, 4 Dec. 2020
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Pension managers could invest the rest so their funds become solvent over time.
—Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 14 Dec. 2017
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The growing losses led to a commission to propose reforms that would make the system solvent for at least 75 years.
—Scott Burns, Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2021
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State officials now say that program, the Lottery Scholarship, is now solvent at 100% for at least the next four years.
—Cedar Attanasio, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2022
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If, say, the housing market were to collapse, the regulators ask, could their bank stay solvent?
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2021
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In the best of times, these theaters have to grind, adapt, be creative and absorb occasional losses just to stay solvent.
—Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 16 Mar. 2020
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Or employers can be forced to pay in additional funds to make plans solvent.
—Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021
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Well, greedy people who are perfectly solvent but want more, and expect to get it from acquaintances, friends and strangers alike — that’s who.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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But the state should pick up the tab, with this caveat: confirmation that the trust fund actually needs the money to be comfortably solvent.
—Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022
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Mortgage rates soared, and some pension funds struggled to remain solvent.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
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Analysts said fiscal policy must fill in the gap to keep American households solvent — and time is of the essence.
—NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
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Bankman-Fried has repeatedly said the US exchange is solvent.
—Jeremy Hill, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023
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In order to remain solvent, the Greek government has had to compromise its sovereignty to the Troika.
—Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 26 June 2018
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Always read the fine print to see how liquid and solvent the funds are.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
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It’s not the first dangerous solvent to be favored by the craft.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2022
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The system will not stay solvent for long without tweaks.
—Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
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The clothing can be washed and reworn or, if put back in the polymer and solvent mix, dissolved and used again.
—Byian Mount, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
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Allow the solvent to sit for five minutes, and rinse it away with cold water.
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 28 June 2023
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This process involves the use of solvents and acids to isolate and purify the delta 8 compound.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
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Inside the artist Greg Dunn’s Philadelphia studio, the acrid smells of solvent and dye hang in the air.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
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Lacquer thinner is a powerful solvent, and both the liquid and the fumes are flammable.
—Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022
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This resolution is one of the most solvent after a long battle with the agency over the years.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
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Making sure the windshield washer fluid is topped off and is the solvent with a low freezing point.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023
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They’re used to make fragrances last longer and as solvents for dyes, explains Dr. Murphy-Rose.
—Daley Quinn, Health, 17 Apr. 2023
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That means investors can lose even when a bank is still, in theory, solvent.
—Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023
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At the Los Angeles bird care center, they are cleaned with a solvent, dish soap, and warm water.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2021
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The vote on the interim budget indicates the district is still on track to stay solvent and pay their bills this year.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
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The White House says its Medicare plan would keep that program solvent for at least another 25 years.
—Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
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The costs of hangers, poly garment bags and solvent, as well as gasoline for the delivery van, have spiraled.
—Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
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Finding a way to keep them solvent would be a priority.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
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This method utilizes solvents like ethanol or hydrocarbons to dissolve the cannabinoids present in the hemp plant.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2023
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For years, ranch dressing has been the universal solvent of condiments.
—Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
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Apply a little solvent, wait a couple of minutes, then rub with a cloth to see whether any finish comes off or whether the surface dulls.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
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It's used as a solvent in paint strippers, thinners and household cleaners.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
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Benzene was found in the groundwater; its a chemical solvent that can be lethal to humans.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
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This means there is a significant space where the solvent they are made of (in this case, water) and the medium they are surrounded by (in this case, air) meet.
—Nicolás M. Morato, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
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In O’Toole’s telling, hypocrisy on these matters acted as a solvent, finally detaching Ireland from the grip of the past.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022
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In general, the string is made of a polymer resin, a substance that makes the resin foam up, a solvent, some coloring and the propellant that forces the chemicals out of the can.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
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Keep the government running and keep the government solvent.
—Melissa MacAya, CNN, 6 Oct. 2021
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Following that contentious action, the remaining board members wrestled with how to keep the agency solvent, at least through the end of the year.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 22 Nov. 2021
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The most common way to do that, said Herzog, is to put the flue gas into contact with a liquid solvent, which pulls the CO2 out in a process called chemical scrubbing.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 11 May 2023
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The product, which had not been tested in humans or animals, contained a solvent that turned out to be toxic.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
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But some members of Congress who had reached out had earlier opposed legislation that could help local newspapers stay solvent, Soon-Shiong said.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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