synthetic
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The product - which, you may be surprised to read, doesn't smell - has already been used to grow grass and crops, with field trials suggesting it can be as effective as synthetic fertiliser.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
But rather than equity ownership, with voting rights and traditional regulatory protections, the Kraken product is essentially a synthetic token backed by a stock.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Researchers identified several patterns that can appear in synthetic images.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Modern perfumes rely heavily on oil, because their scents are made mostly from synthetic compounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
In the less than two decades of their use, the synthetic pesticides have been so thoroughly distributed throughout the animate and inanimate world that they occur virtually everywhere.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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