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Recent Examples of propellant
The shuttle’s auxiliary boosters use a solid propellant; its main booster burns liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
For example, wet dress rehearsals with the Artemis 1 mission revealed leaks of liquid hydrogen propellant, which contributed to lengthy delays.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The Orion service module, which contains the engines, propellant, water and experiments, will then separate from the crew module, exposing the capsule’s heat shield, which will protect the crew from the extreme temperature of re-entry.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
The propellant is then expelled through a nozzle to generate thrust.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
For example, wet dress rehearsals with the Artemis 1 mission revealed leaks of liquid hydrogen propellant, which contributed to lengthy delays.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The Orion service module, which contains the engines, propellant, water and experiments, will then separate from the crew module, exposing the capsule’s heat shield, which will protect the crew from the extreme temperature of re-entry.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
The propellant is then expelled through a nozzle to generate thrust.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propellant
Noun
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At some point, those fuel sources will be exhausted, no further energy will be naturally extracted from what remains within them, and those once-brilliant objects will fade away into darkness.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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Iran seizes 2 ships on smuggling claims DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Simply light the edge of the paper egg cup and place it next to your kindling to get a good blaze started.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
3 Feb. 2026
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Daniel’s infamous tweet might have sparked Guinneissik’s entry into an international story, but the kindling had been accumulating for years.—
James Gui,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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That pattern is associated with better satiety, energy stability, and muscle maintenance, as long as sodium is kept in check when selecting meals.—
Rita Templeton,
Flow Space,
13 Feb. 2026
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Until crude vulgarians like Miller came along, no prominent American political figure would claim on our behalf a right to use our power for purely selfish ends, at the expense of other democratic states and foreign peoples.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Calling out corporate entities and concentration of power as enemies also appears to be a winning strategy for Democrats in their messaging tactics.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Propellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellant. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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