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nondestructive

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Recent Examples of nondestructive Smart Objects make for nondestructive, reusable raster and vector images that update throughout your project. PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 The research team used Raman spectroscopy, a nondestructive method that preserves valuable samples, to study the bones, Shankland said. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024 Lightroom Classic has a big, ever-present Import button and media auto-detect that launches the nondestructive importer. PCMAG, 30 May 2024 The feat was possible thanks to nondestructive digital imaging technology and collaborations between archaeologists and tattoo artists. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nondestructive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondestructive
Adjective
  • The toys are beautifully made with nontoxic materials.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 17 May 2025
  • These engines, which the team says can carry safe and nontoxic propellant, work by the spacecraft passing an electric current through water to create stores of high-pressure hydrogen and oxygen.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.
    Charles Passy, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
  • This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.
    David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • Staff used chemical agents and nonlethal weapons to intervene and attempted to perform lifesaving measures, but Rodriguez was pronounced dead at an outside medical facility, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Among the bill’s requirements would be an assessment of the current black bear population, strategies for minimizing human-bear conflicts, public education initiatives, nonlethal deterrence methods, evaluation of population control measures and waste management practices to reduce attractants.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, several types of infectious and noninfectious meningitis don’t spread from person to person.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Kennedy’s largest focus of late has been on noninfectious diseases such as diabetes and cancer and their risk factors such as obesity.
    ByJocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Most are pretty painless and heal up quickly on their own.
    Alexander Cheves, Them., 16 May 2025
  • Cancer isn’t known for being a fast, painless way to go....
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • These feel natural and nonthreatening but still move the conversation forward.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • Pittsburgh Penguins The Athletic rating: 3.5 (6th) Fan rating: 3.7 (7th) McIndoe: Penguins are adorable, nonthreatening and almost completely harmless.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Between 2017 and 2021, 58% of nonfatal emergency department visits related to firearms in the county were Latino residents.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 7 May 2025

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“Nondestructive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondestructive. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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