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particulate

[per-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt, puh-tik-, pahr-] / pərˈtɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, pəˈtɪk-, pɑr- /




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The alert includes the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, La Quinta and Coachella, and the highest levels of particulate matter are expected in the northwest Coachella Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

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

Activists link the complex and its emissions of particulate matter and sulphur dioxide to an estimated 16,530 premature deaths.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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

When particulate matter in the atmosphere was sufficient, light from the ground got trapped and reflected back, and the entire Detroit sky would become the soft pink of cotton candy.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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