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chlorine

[klawr-een, -in, klohr-] / ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr- /
NOUN
element
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The Grow Group Inc. chlorine cloud was one of the incidents that prompted L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Interior Department spokeswoman Katie Martin said the hydrogen peroxide the National Park Service is using “is a milder treatment than chlorine and is used in spas and specialty pools like natural swimming pools.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

In the local hospital, a modest building nestled within the hillside town's trees and high grass, healthcare workers are rinsing both floor and walls with a chlorine solution.

From Barron's May 24, 2026

The group have packed filter systems and chlorine pills to treat any water they take from streams.

From BBC May 20, 2026

I tell myself that the chlorine in the water will be enough to kill the germs.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

To produce dicarbon, they started with molecules consisting of two carbon atoms and four chlorine atoms and used a laser to strip off the chlorines, leaving only dicarbon.

From New York Times Jan. 7, 2022

The trans isomer, formed when the chlorines are positioned at a 180° angle, has very different properties from the cis isomers.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019



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