impurity

Example Sentences

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As a result, impurity buildup and energy losses were greatly reduced, allowing the plasma density to increase steadily by the end of startup.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

It followed concerns in several countries that the products may contain the impurity.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

A specific lot labeled L200183 tested high in impurity and low in the inactive ingredient ascorbic acid, commonly called Vitamin C.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2023

But the intention of the production, directed and restaged by Wayne Cilento, was explicitly to claim Fosse for the pantheon of pure dance geniuses like Robbins, as if storytelling were an impurity.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Perhaps she’s the impurity in him, the static in his signal that the bullies can sense.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr