synthetics

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Some clothes are made of a blend of natural cotton and synthetics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration in 1999 recommended that garments made of cotton, wool, leather, and yes, even denim were preferable over synthetics.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025

Biopesticides and other natural products are often less effective than synthetics, so it’s hard to use them the same way.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

His team hopes to produce synthetics for a fraction of the cost, and for them to be tailorable—for example, to be more adhesive or more lubricating, depending on the application.

From National Geographic • Jan. 8, 2024

Many people from the old organic movement argued that to put synthetics in a processed food and then call it organic was a fraud.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan