How to Use billet in a Sentence

billet

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  • No navy can afford to keep 1,000 billets filled with idle soldiers for seven years.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Connecting rods and pistons are forged, and both crankshaft and camshaft are made from billet steel.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The top yoke, handlebar clasps and footpegs are all made from aerospace-grade billet aluminum.
    — Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The billet, along with whatever tokens were left, was then put in a packet, sealed with wax, and stored until a parent returned to make a claim.
    — National Geographic, 3 June 2020
  • This hunk of billet aluminum solves both problems by providing a closed shackle mount that’s designed to fit snug with the winch’s fairlead.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Ducati will also throw in a set of track accessories such as the carbon-fiber open clutch cover and a billet aluminum racing fuel cap.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The Wilson Combat Ultralight Ranger is machined from a billet and features a carbon-fiber stock.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Their current quarters, in a quaint brick house on the bank of a stream overgrown with reeds, resembled less a military billet than a communal squat.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The chassis, meanwhile, has been treated to the shop’s signature wide wheel conversion, with billet hubs and spoked Excel rims housing thick sport tires.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 July 2021
  • Hart is already looking forward to his first game back in Seattle, with his former billet Parker Fowlds – who Hart describes as a grandfather – in the stands.
    — Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
  • Dellandrea, who played junior hockey in nearby Flint, said his billet family was at the game Thursday in Detroit.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The structural component doubles as a piece of functional sculpture, as does the single-sided billet-aluminum swingarm.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2023
  • In the rear, Extans has skipped the traditional seat tube—as is increasingly the case with stylish, high-end road bikes—opting instead for a clamp machined from a single aluminum billet and a full-carbon seat post.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Brunet had a large group at the draft, including his parents, his uncle from Vancouver, his grandmother, his billet family, and his childhood friend.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
  • In Tokyo, both men frequented the Dai-ichi Hotel, which was a billet for military officers and civilian correspondents.
    — New York Times, 9 Aug. 2021
  • In the pre-show room of the ride, look for a solid microcrystalline silicon billet, ancient silicon wafer chips, vintage cartridge casings for hard drive disks and microscopes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
  • There are exquisite design touches throughout the turntable, such as a plinth that’s been crafted sing 47 separate layers of wood, while the cartridge sits in a solid aluminum housing machined from a single billet.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • The final exam for every potential billet family is a home inspection by Makar.
    — Casey Brogan, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The smallest touch, but the one owners may appreciate most often, is billet-aluminum dials for audio, climate, transfer case and trailer backup controls.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2020
  • Inside, the Nevera features a trio of high-definition TFT displays and tactile rotary controls machined from billet aluminum, providing an analogue feel in a bid to prevent driver distraction.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Suede and shiny billet aluminum are also common materials inside the Croatian all-electric hypercar.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Rizoma billet aluminum adjustable footpegs and racing plexiglass.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • No navy can afford to keep 1,000 billets filled with idle soldiers for seven years.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Connecting rods and pistons are forged, and both crankshaft and camshaft are made from billet steel.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The top yoke, handlebar clasps and footpegs are all made from aerospace-grade billet aluminum.
    — Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The billet, along with whatever tokens were left, was then put in a packet, sealed with wax, and stored until a parent returned to make a claim.
    — National Geographic, 3 June 2020
  • This hunk of billet aluminum solves both problems by providing a closed shackle mount that’s designed to fit snug with the winch’s fairlead.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Ducati will also throw in a set of track accessories such as the carbon-fiber open clutch cover and a billet aluminum racing fuel cap.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The Wilson Combat Ultralight Ranger is machined from a billet and features a carbon-fiber stock.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Their current quarters, in a quaint brick house on the bank of a stream overgrown with reeds, resembled less a military billet than a communal squat.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022

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