How to Use microbead in a Sentence

microbead

noun
  • No scrubbing, no acids, no microbeads.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Rats on the high-fat diet with microbeads lost over 17% of their body weight, unlike those in the other groups.
    — Jay Kakade august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The beauty and body care products sold at Whole Foods stores also must be free from phthalates, parabens and microbeads.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 3 June 2025
  • To test the effectiveness of the beads, researchers fed mice either a normal diet, a high-fat diet without microbeads, or a high-fat diet with daily microbeads.
    — Jay Kakade august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Researchers have developed these microbeads made from tea polyphenols, vitamin E and seaweed that, when consumed, bind to fats in the gastrointestinal tract.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • While human trials are still needed, scientists in China found that rats fed a high-fat diet lost about 17% of their body weight when given the edible microbeads.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The experimental microbeads, meanwhile, appeared to curb fat and weight gain without disrupting blood sugar, digestion or energy levels.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The recent headlines from Camber have only contributed to the winter gloom – a recent environmental disaster made the news after millions of plastic microbeads were discovered scattered across the endless dunes sparking a massive clean-up effort.
    — Felicity Capon, TheWeek, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Fat-blocking microbeads made with green tea, vitamin E and seaweed could offer a new way to lose weight and a potential alternative to popular GLP-1 drugs and bariatric surgery, according to exploratory new research.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • During the 30-day experiment, rats on a diet comprised of 60% fat – far higher than the 35% to 40% typically seen in human diets – excreted more fat after eating the microbeads, but without side effects or blood sugar fluctuations.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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