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kaolin

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Definition of kaolin

as in clay

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Recent Examples of kaolin Use kaolin clay, temporary shade, and avoid heavy pruning to shield trees from sunburn and heat stress. — Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026 Look for ingredients like kaolin clay that help absorb excess oil, and mattify and blur skin. — Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 21 May 2026 Another technique used at Barone Pizzini is spraying kaolin, a white dust, on the leaves to improve photosynthesis and reflect solar rays. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026 The mask is also made with complexion-soothing oatmeal to treat redness and irritation, along with kaolin clay to gently, yet deeply penetrate your pores and exfoliate impurities. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kaolin

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Noun

Workers then lower these containers into bedrock shafts, surrounding them with swellable bentonite clay to absorb moisture and block movement.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
The actors interacted with clay during the presentation, building large feet, hands and noses before turning the stage over to athletes who wore the brand and gyrated around the space and performed gymnastics-style moves on a rack.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of clay

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The former taxi driver had been arrested three years earlier after police unearthed a mass grave in a forest ‌near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi, where his followers had been living in mud huts.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
In 2023, more than 400 bodies were exhumed from shallow graves on the 800-acre Chakama Ranch in coastal Kilifi County, where Mackenzie’s followers lived in mud huts, away from the scrutiny of local communities and authorities.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of mud

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Continuing to explore the hotel’s outdoor spaces, next up is the Almagra Rooftop, which gets its name from the originally Arabic word used to describe the typically reddish soil found in Seville.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
The mangrove forest's mature trees and carbon-rich soils store earth warming greenhouse gases, said Marie Arnaud, a researcher at the French Sustainable Development Institute based at the Sorbonne University in Paris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026