adjective
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covered with an outer layer, film, etc
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(of paper) having a coating of a mineral, esp china clay, to provide a very smooth surface
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(of textiles) having been given a plastic or other surface
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photog optics another word for bloomed
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Origin of coated
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Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
They then coated the particles with long molecular chains that acted like sticky connectors and allowed them to assemble into larger, ordered structures known as nanoparticle superlattices.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
While “Blue Heron” may not come coated in the feel-good gloss of “The Sheep Detectives,” these two films are mirror images — not two in a trend, but in direct conversation with one another.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
When the Eaton fire burned through Altadena’s historic neighborhoods, it destroyed many homes that were coated in toxic lead paint.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
At some point, the poison tide had come that way, and the seabed was still coated with dust.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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