solvent
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In a financial panic, Bagehot prescribes, a central bank should lend freely to solvent banks against good collateral at a high rate of interest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The Social Security trustees projected that this package of adjustments would keep the system solvent for the next 75 years.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
To make the product, the team used honey from native bees as a natural, edible solvent to draw out beneficial compounds from cocoa shells, a byproduct typically discarded during chocolate production.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
The problem was reported on Friday after locals experiencing a strong solvent taste in their water and in the air outside.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
The spray was a 25 per cent DDT concentrate suspended in a solvent containing methylated naphthalenes.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing solvent
Stroke of Genius: Words About Painting
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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