reagent

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Elevated diesel prices will drive up costs of everything from contract mining, consumables, reagent freight and contract haulage to export logistics, shipping and mine-site aviation, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But a blood enhancement chemical reagent uncovered a footwear mark and drag mark on the floor.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Quest Diagnostics, the company that provided the faulty tests, said the false results came after the company temporarily changed the reagent, or chemical, that was usually used in the tests.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025

The researchers utilized potassium xanthate instead of hydrogen sulfide, owing to its better reactivity in aryne reactions and pentafluorophenyl bromide as an electrophilic brominating reagent.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Apparently Natalie didn’t know what a reagent was either.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix