substances
Example Sentences
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Chinese authorities have slowly taken steps to shut down sellers and enforce export controls on the substances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Police have said five people have been hospitalised following the incident that was “strongly suspected” to be the result of a gas leak, and no suspicious substances or explosives have been found at the site.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The term technically encompasses a broad category of products that includes FDA-approved drugs—ranging from insulin to Ozempic—but it has become shorthand for substances people are injecting that haven’t undergone approval from the FDA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
They include gas leaks, spraying substances to cover the smell of fumes and failing to properly maintain idle wells, among others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
This property allows the neutron to be absorbed more easily in substances with a high hydrogen content, such as biological tissues.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
