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detergent

[dih-tur-juhnt] / dɪˈtɜr dʒənt /
NOUN
soap
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We continue to live among gasoline, plastic, detergent, coffee, shampoo, exhaust fumes, fried food and synthetic fragrances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In Kawasaki, on the southern outskirts of Tokyo, hundreds of machines at a venue operated by the specialist chain Benex are filled with bottles of soda, bags of sweets, and detergent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

She hired her house manager to allow her room for joy and to be fully present with her 6-year-old daughter instead of worrying about whether they were running low on laundry detergent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

And even as algae consumes that phosphorus, it is being topped up in the water by agriculture, wastewater, un-maintained septic tanks, industry and every household in the catchment that puts phosphorus-containing detergent into the system.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

But I stick to the instructions, and fill the bottle with warm water and some drops of food dye and detergent and baking soda to make the lava.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

The end-of-summer networking bonanza was organised by 20 business groups representing everything from cars to clean energy, digital to detergents.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

In those studies, the researchers developed approaches for converting other types of plastic waste into surfactants used in products such as soaps and detergents.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

As well as clothing and shoes, the cupboard also stocks personal hygiene products and laundry detergents.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

The most frequently repeated messages will be station call signals and appeals to purchase detergents, deodorants, headache tablets, and automobile and petroleum products.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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