adulterant

Example Sentences

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It was first identified as an adulterant in heroin supplies in the early 2000s.

From Scientific American

Last year, the agency declared salmonella an adulterant in one type of poultry: frozen, breaded products such as chicken cordon bleu that are raw, but might be mistaken for cooked.

From Seattle Times

She and her fiancé had tried to stop using drugs during the pandemic, unnerved by the strange new adulterants showing up in the supply.

From New York Times

“We are doing everything we can think of. Declaring something to be an adulterant isn’t going to make us swim faster or harder. We are swimming as fast and hard as we can.’

From Washington Post

A handful of unscrupulous companies were secretly using cheap cottonseed oil to cut costly olive oil, so some consumers thought of it as an adulterant.

From Salon