Like, for instance, the solid pink quartz toilet and bath.

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It said it sees further potential to build on the solid performance of its Northern and German businesses, for instance with increasing online distribution and further cost control.

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Together they have, for instance, understood that Ghanaians prefer liquid to solid soap for hand-washing and are more likely to wash their hands before eating if the soap does not smell too strong (since Ghanaians often eat with their hands).

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For instance, a German physicist named Robert Wichard Pohl made a solid-state amplifier in 1938 using salt as the semiconductor.

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Schiller pointed out some of the downsides of the technologies it's removed or downplayed: rotating hard disks, for instance, use more power and are more likely to have reliability issues than solid-state storage.

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Wells Fargo, for instance, has more money in second liens than it has tangible common equity, or the most solid form of capital.

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Watching paint dry is a mere instance compared to watching ice form, but each year the organizers have to wait patiently for a solid layer of at least 30 centimeters before declaring the event safe.

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