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hygiene

[hahy-jeen] / ˈhaɪ dʒin /


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It was meant to address concerns about hygiene and safety, but the law also played into social norms in a conservative country where body art is still deeply frowned upon.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Millions of people have fled the fighting and are living cheek-by-jowl in displacement camps, under tarps and tents and with poor hygiene conditions.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

“Since 1976, air conditioning systems changed and agencies around the world have more stringent cleaning and hygiene standards for cooling towers and large-scale air-conditioning systems,” the CDC says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The cruise line subsequently enacted level three—the highest one—of its emergency-response plan, which includes “isolation measures, hygiene protocols and medical monitoring.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

That first week while my classmates dozed off, I obsessively worried about the hygiene of the linoleum floor.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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