preservative
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Researchers then performed detailed assessments of the ingredients in those foods and beverages, including preservative additives.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
In 1941, the company purchased distilling facilities in Virginia and Lyons, N.Y., to increase production, then during the war it made pectin, a vital preservative used in military food rations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
It is commonly used as a preservative, an antibacterial agent, and in leather tanning.
From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026
Costco’s famed $4.99 rotisserie chicken is under fire in a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that the big box warehouse falsely advertised that its birds were preservative free.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
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
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