as in bullet
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge
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Recent Examples of pellet
Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
The restaurant had two bowls of rodent bait pellets on the bottom of retail shelves.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Fill them with the tiny wood smoker pellets that look like rabbit feed to add a lengthy, thick smoke boost whenever it is needed.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Noun
Due to the high pollution levels, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has issued the No-Burn rule for Wednesday, prohibiting the use of wood, pellets, and manufactured fire logs in indoor or outdoor devices across the South Coast Air Basin.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
The restaurant had two bowls of rodent bait pellets on the bottom of retail shelves.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
NC State Veterinary Hospital recommends pelleted feed formulated specifically for chinchillas.
—Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 23 Oct. 2019
Fill them with the tiny wood smoker pellets that look like rabbit feed to add a lengthy, thick smoke boost whenever it is needed.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellet
Noun
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Additionally, a bullet hole was found in an office wall and a computer monitor.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Stray bullets had shattered his own downstairs window; a second bullet pierced the house and lodged into an upstairs wall.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Occasionally, someone dressed it up or made out with it, and people liked to hang Mardi Gras beads around its neck, but nobody made it into a big deal.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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As for her accessories, Jenner went minimal, save for a pair of statement black beaded earrings.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Our host, Prairie Stuart-Wolff, showed us how to wet our hands with lightly vinegared water and gently shape the rice into small balls that would become temari sushi.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Antelopes turn the ball over on nearly 20% of their possessions, one of the worst marks in the country.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The mining and pelletizing segment supplies iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from its mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
4 May 2023
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Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean.—
Anne Quito,
Quartz,
2 Sep. 2021
Noun
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William O’Neill, the United Nations independent human rights expert on Haiti, said that the fastest, quickest way to dismantle the gangs in Haiti would be to stop the flow of weapons, especially ammunition.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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In July 2024, a judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin with prejudice after the actor's lead attorney, Alex Spiro, argued that prosecutors had concealed evidence of ammunition that may have been linked to the fatal shooting.—
Rachel Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.—
Aemilia Madden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 July 2023
Verb
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She’s rarely lumped in with Miles, Bueckers and Watkins, whose names have dominated draft conversations.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Yep, it’s lumped in with heavy hitters like heroin and LSD.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
6 June 2022
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“Pellet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellet. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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