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  • noun Plural form of abrasive.

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Examples

  • It covers water used in manufacturing of things such as abrasives, resins, polymers, tapes, insulation and ceramics.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • But third-quarter sales at the abrasives business unit, where Cubitron is a major product, were up 18% from a year earlier, compared with 11% sales growth for 3M as a whole.

    3M Brings Along the Basics As It Balances New and Old James R. Hagerty 2010

  • Whitening: Silica and enzymes act as mild abrasives to scrape surface stains, such as those caused by coffee, tea or red wine.

    Whitens, Brightens and Confuses Ellen Byron 2011

  • Many of 3M's products are films, adhesives, abrasives and other raw materials used by other manufacturers.

    Wary Firms Are 'Destocking' James R. Hagerty 2011

  • I let the ocean wash over me, scrub me clean with its abrasives.

    Killing Noise Christian Bell 2011

  • For the khukri, I use small circles as I run up the blade - it takes a lot of grinding because it's literally as hard as a hammer; most abrasives just slip off it like it was diamond or something. kokodhem

    Learn To Sharpen Good Knives With Water Stones | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • A: Plastic headlight lenses degrade at different rates depending largely on exposure to sun, dust, sand and other abrasives in the driving environment.

    Me & My Car 2012

  • Shortly after he was recruited as CEO, Mr. Buckley met Chris Holmes, a vice president in the abrasives business, who noted that products in his area were rarely seen as sexy.

    3M Brings Along the Basics As It Balances New and Old James R. Hagerty 2010

  • Omar Ansari , the owner, says he used a small section of his family's industrial abrasives plant to brew beer in 2006, making 800 barrels that year, before gradually taking over the entire space as the abrasives business "got smaller and smaller."

    Craft Brewers Tap Big Expansion Mike Esterl 2011

  • The company, 76% owned by U.S.-based 3M Co., sells about 7,000 products including medical supplies and industrial abrasives to consumer items.

    3M India Plans to Raise Prices R. Jai Krishna 2011

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