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foreign matter

noun as in contaminant

noun as in contaminator

noun as in grit

noun as in impurity

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Example Sentences

The exceptions to this general lull stick out less as contrast than as anomalies, foreign matter floating in the stream.

"It is generally an easy to clean mushroom, but due to its habit of growing on decaying trees," says Starwood, "it sometimes can grow around pieces of bark, stems or rock, so be on the lookout for any foreign matter embedded in its flesh."

From Salon

Pretending to read a smeary newspaper long out of date, which had nothing half so legible in its local news, as the foreign matter of coffee, pickles, fish sauces, gravy, melted butter, and wine with which it was sprinkled all over, as if it had taken the measles in a highly irregular form, I sat at my table while he stood before the fire.

On Tuesday, Japan's health minister said foreign matter found in jabs in the southern prefecture of Okinawa were due to needles being incorrectly inserted into vials.

From BBC

Japan’s health minister says it is highly likely that foreign matter found in Moderna Inc Covid-19 vaccines in the southern prefecture of Okinawa got into vials when needles were stuck in, Reuters reports.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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