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  • noun Plural form of admixture.

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Examples

  • There are a couple of ways to combat this issue such as admixtures (compounds added to the concrete mix) or laying down insulation like blankets.

    Brownstoner 2008

  • Mr. Mansel never quite unpacks the central paradox of his narrative: The admixtures making these cities so appealing accelerated their demise.

    On the Eastern Shore Michael Young 2011

  • I made them admixtures of brute fact and imagined innards, and these guises 'said more' than any bio revealed about their real selves.

    Brian Joseph Davis: A Horrifying Satire of Hollywood Returns Brian Joseph Davis 2011

  • The article does not say how the ultra high strength or higher density is achieved, I would expect it is with the addition of admixtures which can be hazardous to the environment and expensive.

    MIT Discovery Means Next-Gen Concrete Could Last for 16,000 Years | Inhabitat 2009

  • You could easily find seven or eight soil types in Finger Lakes vineyards, keeping in mind that most soils are not a single type but are admixtures of several.

    TasteCamp 2009: An Interview with Nick Gorevic 2009

  • I made them admixtures of brute fact and imagined innards, and these guises 'said more' than any bio revealed about their real selves.

    Brian Joseph Davis: A Horrifying Satire of Hollywood Returns Brian Joseph Davis 2011

  • It's the men who burst to life here—Schwartz and Affenlight most of all, with their touching admixtures of driven intellect and dreamy naïveté.

    Call Me Safe, Ishmael Sam Sacks 2011

  • The cheapest shots, the happiest hour, the most potent admixtures.

    E (novel extract) 2010

  • Perhaps some day there will be persuasive that median intelligence can somehow be linked to admixtures of racial heritage but there is none today except in the view of bigots.

    Report: Hillary Has "Only" $20 Million For Primaries 2009

  • A regular yin-yang that facilitates existence itself and allows us to perceive and experience the admixtures.

    Carry-Over Thread 2007

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