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oxide

[ok-sahyd, -sid] / ˈɒk saɪd, -sɪd /


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Last year, GKN Aerospace settled a lawsuit with the Southern California Air Quality Management District by paying $909,935 for violations of recordkeeping and nitrogen oxide emissions, without admitting liability.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Certain bacteria in the mouth help convert nitrate from food into compounds that eventually support the production of nitric oxide.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

When the balance of oral bacteria shifts in the wrong direction, that nitrate to nitric oxide pathway may become less efficient.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Touring Parish, he pointed to pollution controls for mercury, nitrogen oxide and fine particulate matter, investments totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Some of it turns into nitrous oxide, a gas that increases global warming.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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