Thesaurus results for BOILING POINTS

boiling points

noun

plural of boiling point

as in crises

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard

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Recent Examples of boiling points The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025 Curio’s process is a dry electrochemical and pyroprocessing system, using heat and chemical reactions to separate isotopes and fission products, thanks to the materials’ different boiling points and weights. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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Public health and environmental experts told The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to preventing secondary crises caused by contaminants from the rubble and rebuilding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Actors have broken the fourth wall since long before the term existed, turning to the audience to acknowledge the artifice of playing out private crises under public scrutiny.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026

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The New Frontier section which is the crossroads between tech creativity and independent filmmaking will return to 2027 as New Frontier FLUX to showcase new works which are pushing boundaries in a biodigital world.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 July 2026
The Buccaneers, by the way, are at something of a crossroads.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

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Mannequin heads stare at you through the storefront window, each topped with a wildly unique hairpiece – one with long, curly, bubblegum pink locks; another with a bright orange bob.

— USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Scavengers would dig up artifacts like gold coins and porcelain doll heads, and Bayouth admired their aged, archival qualities, a theme that takes shape in her ceramics.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

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