How to Use carbon dioxide in a Sentence

carbon dioxide

noun
  • First are the carbon dioxide sources.
    — Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • All told, the process requires around eleven steps to get from carbon dioxide to starch.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The basalt would absorb the carbon dioxide and turn it into rock.
    — Eric Niiler, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
  • The rock reacts with carbon dioxide in the soil and is sequestered.
    — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • With no oceans to speak of, all that carbon dioxide could not be reabsorbed.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But that capture rate changes if the amount of carbon dioxide doubles.
    — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The yeast will feed on the sugar and release carbon dioxide.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Sure, trees can take in and store planet-heating carbon dioxide.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This process sucked carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
    — Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Too much carbon dioxide can cause headaches, dizziness and nausea.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The estimates of just how much carbon dioxide is emitted can vary by task.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Methane is a greenhouse gas that is dozens of times more potent than carbon dioxide.
    — CBS News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The exchange of carbon dioxide into oxygen is what keeps us alive.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2022
  • At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The lab tests showed that Patrick had too little oxygen in his blood and too much carbon dioxide.
    — Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
  • It’s well established that burps, or emissions, of carbon dioxide are bad for the oceans.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2025
  • If the door had been closed, a carbon dioxide suppression system could’ve stopped the fire’s spread.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • With cask ales, the flavors aren’t masked by gassy carbon dioxide, and can more easily shine through in the glass.
    — Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • This is a reservoir that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locks it away.
    — Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Blood was drawn from his navel to evaluate his oxygen and carbon dioxide levels.
    — Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The group, in a report shared last year, said that in one hour, a single private jet can emit two tons of carbon dioxide.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • The last time there was this much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the oceans were a hundred feet higher.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But the price of emitting carbon dioxide is still a growing financial risk.
    — Tim Quinson, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Pulling carbon dioxide straight from thin air usually comes with a heavy energy price.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The carbon can then react with the oxygen and release carbon dioxide.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide.
    — Lucas Thompson, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • In the last decade, the growth in humankind’s emissions of carbon dioxide has slowly declined.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2024
  • What can engineered microbes make out of carbon dioxide?
    — Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Mosquitoes are drawn to standing water and the carbon dioxide, heat, and sweat from guests.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Methane is a greenhouse gas which is around 80 times more potent in the short term than carbon dioxide.
    — Samy Magdy, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2022

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