How to Use aluminium in a Sentence

aluminium

noun
  • The aluminium is so thin that it cannot be stamped into shape; it must be crafted.
    — Oliver Morton, WIRED, 4 June 2019
  • Each robot has an aluminium-alloy wire fed along its arm to the print head at its tip.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • But that’s not to say there isn’t still a place for aluminium and carbonite luggage on the carousel.
    — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2024
  • That threatens to turn the space around stations into a sea of aluminium.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • The flowers rise from an aluminium and titanium vase set with black spinels.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
  • Two problems on different sides of the world are squeezing the first two stages of the aluminium supply chain.
    — Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018
  • As standard the Lite comes with a metal finish, showing off its aluminium frame.
    — Trinity Francis, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • India was one of the countries America hit with tariffs on steel and aluminium last year.
    — The Economist, 29 June 2019
  • As autumn rolls around, the brand has just launched a lip care product housed in palm-sized recyclable aluminium packaging.
    — Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Like the rest of its industry in the rich world, Kobe Steel has been hit by a flood of cheap aluminium and steel imports.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
  • So far, Russian aluminium giant Rusal has not been sanctioned.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 5 May 2022
  • The Movano Evie ring is made of aluminium and will be available in silver, gold and rose gold finishes.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The drive units are attached to a stiff 3mm aluminium baffle plate before being fitted to the cabinet.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The floods also caused a massive explosion at an aluminium alloy plant in Henan province.
    — Brittyn Clennett, ABC News, 22 July 2021
  • The dials of these niche watches are made out of the MiG’s aluminium skin, modified through a complex process.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Canned drinks, smartphones and cars could cost more after the energy crisis sent the price of aluminium soaring to a 13-year high.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021
  • With artisanal stainless steel handles and aluminium parts, nothing says classy like the Dune Pro case.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The Coros Nomad has a mostly polymer plastic casing with an aluminium bezel.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The top of the aluminium bottle — where the powder comes out — looks like a classic talc powder bottle or salt shaker, with several small holes.
    — Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Rimowa sells a $4,700 set in a sleek aluminium attaché case with a red leather luggage tag dangling from the handle.
    — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The larger version is 4½ feet wide by 7 feet tall and features an aluminium extrusion on the top and a fiberglass bottom bar for weight.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
  • The dimensions are expected to be more angular; think more iPad Pro than an aluminium wedge.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The aluminium test frame allowed basic hover tests, but yaw inputs exposed a torsional problem.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the country’s 13m people are poor, despite the presence there of the world’s largest reserves of bauxite, from which aluminium is refined.
    — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2020
  • This is important given that the tariffs not just in magnitude but in terms of the amount of goods that have commodities such as copper and aluminium as inputs.
    — London Business School, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The aluminium chassis, while almost identical, has holes that are machined out with a slightly different pattern.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Unfurling the protective petals is the next piece in the puzzle and requires twisting an aluminium ring that circles the decanter’s podium.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
  • Aluminium, nails, buckshot and receipts for purchasing rice cookers were found at the scene of the bombing, Wasisto said.
    — Holly Yan and Yosef Riadi, CNN, 26 May 2017
  • The Cava di Bauxite is an old quarry lake once used to extract Bauxite for the production of aluminium.
    — Lucrezia Worthington, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023

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