synthetics

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Petroleum is also used to make detergents that help toothpaste foam and synthetics that improve shelf life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Subsequent synthetics display a range of temperaments, from Lance Henriksen’s Bishop, realistic enough to pass for human, to Michael Fassbender’s David 8, the earliest Weyland-Yutani invention to achieve a lifelike version of artificial intelligence.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration in 1999 recommended that garments made of cotton, wool, leather, and yes, even denim were preferable over synthetics.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025

His team hopes to produce synthetics for a fraction of the cost, and for them to be tailorable—for example, to be more adhesive or more lubricating, depending on the application.

From National Geographic • Jan. 8, 2024

Many people from the old organic movement argued that to put synthetics in a processed food and then call it organic was a fraud.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan