contaminant
Example Sentences
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The vacuum of space also means that contaminants can't sneak in.
From BBC
“There’s so many more contaminants that are going to be hitting fields because of droughts and floods and all these extreme weather events. How are these crops becoming much more resilient?”
Last month, two TikTok users were detained after posting a video testing various bottled water brands for contaminants.
From Barron's
A private company has quoted him £20,000 to clear the site, which would include fees to test the waste for contaminants such as asbestos.
From BBC
She said researchers and government agencies have done a number of studies showing “that contaminant levels on aircraft are generally low and that health and safety standards are met.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.