How to Use heat-treat in a Sentence

heat-treat

verb
  • Drink milk or juice only if it’s pasteurized (heat-treated to kill germs).
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This is especially true in color and heat-treated hair.
    — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2025
  • It was filled with a silicon-carbide pre-ceramic polymer and heat-treated to form amorphous silicon carbide.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Pool-grade diatomaceous earth, for instance, has been heat-treated and can be harmful to lungs and skin, cautions Frazer, and isn’t pest control friendly.
    — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026
  • More refined versions are filtered and heat-treated, resulting in a lighter color, milder flavor and higher smoke point, though at the cost of fewer bioactive nutrients.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Raw milk includes milk from cows, sheep, goats, or other animals that has not been pasteurized or heat-treated to destroy bacteria, the Florida Department of Health said in the announcement.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The verification process required meticulous preparation, including heat-treating the brittle Nb3Sn materials in furnaces at temperatures over 650°C (1202°F) to impart their superconducting properties.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025

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