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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

The consumer goods company, which owns Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste, logged profit of $4.73 billion, or $1.97 a share, compared with $4.75 billion, or $1.95 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Janice Sedgwick, a volunteer at the charity's Guildford branch, said needed items were things like "toothbrushes, toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo, sanitary pads and laundry detergent".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Finn sniffed a sleeve, and there it was: Mom’s unique odor, a mix of vanilla and Spring Breeze laundry detergent, with maybe some cinnamon and grass stain lurking underneath.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

This includes whether contaminated clothing could transfer lead to other items in the wash and how detergents interact with the chemical.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 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

The colorless gas is also used to make chemicals found in products such as antifreeze, detergents, plastics and adhesives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

Water pollution experts throughout the United States are concerned by the fact that detergents are now a troublesome and practically universal contaminant of public water supplies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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