impurity

Example Sentences

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Ren's group, however, suspected the problem wasn't the material's intrinsic ability but the impurities within it.

From Science Daily

These effects are also very sensitive to impurities, strain, and external conditions, which makes them difficult to study.

From Science Daily

He feeds her salmon and bottled water; no impurities for his girl, who has Russian and Danish lineage and is as smart as she is sweet, according to the proudest of dog owners.

From Los Angeles Times

Molten iron then separates from impurities and can be tapped off.

From BBC

It featured 650 works confiscated from German museums and judged by a panel to represent "decadence," "weakness of character," "mental disease," "racial impurity" and other hallmarks of Weimar-era modernity.

From Salon