particulate
Example Sentences
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Technologies such as catalytic converters and particulate filters can help reduce these emissions, but they also increase the cost and complexity of engines.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Diesel exhaust contains nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, pollutants linked to smog, respiratory disease, and climate impacts.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Since 2013, levels of PM2.5 -- small particulate that can enter the lungs and bloodstream -- have fallen 69.8 percent, Beijing municipality said in January.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
In the last decade, increasing numbers of wildfires in Western states have released enough fine particulate pollution to reverse years’ worth of improvements under the Clean Air Act and other antipollution measures.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
I place one sample in an empty centrifuge so I can analyze the particulate.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
