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preservative

[pri-zur-vuh-tiv] / prɪˈzɜr və tɪv /


NOUN
hygienic preserver
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NOUN
chemical compound
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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

The findings showed 98.75% agreement, confirming that the preservative does not reduce accuracy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Their goal was to determine whether exposure to specific preservative food additives was associated with cancer risk in adults.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

The new panel made its first decision last week, voting to stop recommending a small number of flu vaccines that still contain the preservative thimerosal, something Kennedy wrote a book about in 2015.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

He suggested that she increase the proportion of preservative that she used.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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