Examples of dyestuff in a Sentence
indigo is a dyestuff originally from India
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Germany repurposed dye works into munitions plants with very little effort, and though Britain did its level best to choke off Germany’s importation of some of the chemicals used in dyestuffs and explosives, Haber’s discovery was the nail in the coffin.
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Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
This cutting-edge technology uses membrane separation to extract indigo dyestuffs from wastewater.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 12 Feb. 2025
The common name of the dyestuff, Tyrian purple, derives from the habitat of the mollusks, which the Phoenicians purportedly began harvesting in the 16th century B.C. in the city-state of Tyre in present-day Lebanon.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
By the close of the 19th century, German dyestuffs dominated the world market, though the first effects of acute exposures were already evident among the earliest generations of dye workers.
—Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
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Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
This cutting-edge technology uses membrane separation to extract indigo dyestuffs from wastewater.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 12 Feb. 2025
The common name of the dyestuff, Tyrian purple, derives from the habitat of the mollusks, which the Phoenicians purportedly began harvesting in the 16th century B.C. in the city-state of Tyre in present-day Lebanon.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
By the close of the 19th century, German dyestuffs dominated the world market, though the first effects of acute exposures were already evident among the earliest generations of dye workers.
—Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
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“Dyestuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyestuff. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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dyestuff
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dye·stuff
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