How to Use diluent in a Sentence

diluent

noun
  • Without diluent, crude could not move.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • This would mean the vaccine will no longer require a diluent.
    — Amanda Sealy, Nadia Kounang and Ryan Prior, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • If too little or too much diluent, or reagent, is used, even that can deliver a false negative or positive result.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Some formulations of the Pfizer vaccine must be mixed with a solution, or diluent.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Sanctions could take the shape of cutting off those purchases, though an equally effective tactic would be refusing to sell Venezuela the diluent that makes its crude marketable.
    — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
  • The vaccine comes as a powder, which must be reconstituted with an accompanying solution of sterile diluent and then used within 6 hours.
    — Leslie Roberts, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2020
  • In November, the company reached the conclusion that 29 to 33 barrels of diluent were released into the ground.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The powder can be reconstituted by dissolving with a diluent before vaccination.
    — Rajesh Roy, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Before dawn on a recent raw morning, Susan Bissonnette, the nurse in charge, prepared enough vials of the Pfizer vaccine and diluent for the first few hundred shots of the day.
    — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Sustaining production requires advanced reservoir management, steady diluent supply, and multi-billion-dollar upgraders to make the crude usable.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the crude is heavy or extra-heavy, which requires diluents and specialized refining capacity, further constraining the ability to rapidly increase exports.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
  • And later this year, Pfizer plans to submit a new formulation of its vaccine that would not require the addition of a diluent, removing one step in the process for those administering vaccines.
    — Amanda Sealy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Depending on what formulation Pfizer produces pediatric doses in, that might require adding a different amount of diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2021
  • In November, the company reached the conclusion that 29 to 33 barrels of diluent, which is used to dilute heavier oils for easier transportation, had been released.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2021
  • Extracting and exporting Venezuelan oil would require significant investment in production, diluents, and refining, all under a fragile regime.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025

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