particulate
Example Sentences
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Nitrogen oxide emissions dropped by as much as sixty-seven percent, while particulate matter declined by up to sixty-eight percent compared with standard diesel fuel.
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
The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
I test the particulate and the sediment is nothing more than sand, making it completely drinkable with the filtration straws.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
