preservative
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It is commonly used as a preservative, an antibacterial agent, and in leather tanning.
From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026
In their analysis, Inserm researchers divided preservative additives into two main groups.
From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2026
In the study, 40 babies were injected with vaccines containing thimerosal, while a control group of 21 babies got shots that did not contain the preservative.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
Thimerosol is a preservative previously used in vaccines that long has been a target of anti-vaccine activists who asserted that it caused autism in children given the shots; that claim has been decisively debunked.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
The cant of the ship made for hard pushing, but under their combined effort, the spool slowly rumbled forward, crunching over blistered preservative paint and loosened metal deck plates.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Vocabulary lists containing preservative
Novel Study: Fahrenheit 451, Part I
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