How to Use mineralize in a Sentence

mineralize

verb
  • The panels store and mineralize the water, which is then filtered and runs into the homes or businesses to which it is connected.
    — NBC News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • After birth, these teeth then start to mineralize and harden under the gumline in very early childhood (around 6 months to 1 year).
    — Christopher Aris, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2021
  • In theory, it could even be mineralized into bone scaffolding.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This water comes from a blend of natural spring waters and has been purified and then re-mineralized for a perfect balance of electrolytes.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The fish has a tough, albeit flexible, inner layer bound by collagen to mineralize the outer layer of scales.
    — Fox News, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Before your bones can be mineralized with calcium and phosphorus, your body needs a strong protein framework (collagen) to build upon.
    — Lauren Manaker, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
  • And with only one other animal known to mineralize sulfide, the scaly-foot snail, the find expands the short list of species capable of such biochemical feats.
    — New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
  • But eventually, the antlers mineralize and harden into super-solid bone.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The result is clean, mineralized water with balanced pH levels suitable for daily consumption.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Recent data now shows that the Rotliegend brines from the vast Altmark gas field are not only strongly mineralized but also highly enriched in lithium.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Parts of the trunks rotted away and then filled with sediments to create casts, while other parts, like the roots, mineralized into dark fossils that now stand in stark contrast to the muted rock surrounding them.
    — Deming Wang, National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
  • This toothpaste contains Calprox, a proprietary form of calcium peroxide that dissolves the bio-film that forms on your pet’s teeth to re-mineralize enamel.
    — Woman's Day, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Strensiq replaces a deficient enzyme, alkaline phosphatase, and allows the bones to mineralize.
    — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The gas mineralized into calcium carbonate, the main component of limestone.
    — Steve Volk, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2016
  • It is then pumped underground into porous basalt rock, mineralizing in about two years — significantly faster than other carbon-capture and storage methods.
    — NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • That’s because the soft tissues of the undercarriage are usually long gone by the time the harder exoskeletons mineralize into the distinctive alien-looking fossils.
    — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Arthropods have an exoskeleton made of a tough material called chitin that is mineralized with calcium carbonate, as well as a body divided into segments and paired jointed appendages.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Its absence could be explained by its tendency to produce acid that not only causes tooth decay but also breaks down DNA and prevents plaque from mineralizing.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Warner is beyond meticulous about coffee, going so far as mineralizing water and selecting different beans for coffees with and without milk to optimize their flavors.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2018
  • In the basalt, the CO2 had mineralized in a matter of years, making this a particularly attractive way to deal with the CO2 troll.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Once injected deep underground, the carbon dioxide can become permanently trapped in the geologic structure, dissolve in brine or become mineralized, turning it to rock.
    — Ramesh Agarwal, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
  • At the Hellisheidi geothermal plant near Reykjavik, researchers dissolve carbon dioxide in water and inject it into basalt rock, which chemically reacts with the gas, mineralizing it.
    — Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 9 June 2016
  • Instead of contributing to air pollution above Manhattan, the carbon is now delivered to Brooklyn where it is mineralized, and thus permanently sequestered in concrete blocks that are used to construct new buildings across the city.
    — Josh London, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In other Burgess Shale fossils, abundant ions and reactive compounds that are typically found in gut tissue cause digestive structures to mineralize more quickly than the rest of the body, and thereby retain more of their original shapes.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • The study demonstrates the translational potential of our mineralizing technology for treating loss of enamel in clinical settings such as the treatment of enamel erosion and dental hypersensitivity.
    — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The project combines Paebbl’s CO2-mineralizing material with biochar and recycled aggregates.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Industry officials defended carbon capture and storage as having an inherently low risk and say emerging technologies, such as storing carbon dioxide in basalt formations where it becomes mineralized, could dramatically increase total storage volumes.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Another California company, Blue Planet, has similar technology that seeks to mineralize the carbon dioxide produced by cement manufacturers to create synthetic limestone, a kind of rock that can be used in concrete.
    — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023

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