How to Use contamination in a Sentence

contamination

noun
  • Part of that pause is not knowing the source of the contamination.
    David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
  • Many stepped in to help in response to the E. coli contamination.
    Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Ganymede’s thick shell means the Juice team doesn’t have to worry as much about contamination.
    Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But the longer removal takes, the farther the contamination can spread.
    Andrew J. Whelton, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The area is tested again to confirm that the contamination is gone.
    Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Studies have yet to determine the level of contamination in the seafood in the area.
    Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The same goes for sliced, shredded or crumbled cheeses, the contamination of which can be hard to discern.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The result of this is a very general idea, a polygon, of where the contamination is.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
  • The leading cause of the rise, says WHO, is water contamination.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • But the name of the drug and the type of potential contamination that inspectors worried about were not clear due to the FDA’s redactions.
    Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The company is working with the FDA to determine the source of the contamination.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 June 2022
  • The charges allege the food contamination took place between April 1 and 23.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024
  • The contamination in Marinette and Peshtigo stems from the Tyco fire training site, where fires were set outdoors and then doused with foam.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The type of contamination that’s present is not harmful to people in vehicles because they’re raised off the ground, the water board said at the time.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
  • Ukrainians were worried about contamination of their food, water, air and even leaves on the trees.
    Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The bill would also leave contamination for the state to clean up, which would still end up costing taxpayers.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
  • For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination.
    CBS News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The Amazon Basin is known as a hot spot for mercury contamination.
    Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The close contact with the eggs allows the adults to coat them with the right compounds to keep them moist and safe from bacterial and fungal contamination.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Robertson said one of the ship’s 26 potable water tanks was identified as the source of contamination.
    Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The top 2 feet of dirt at the Michigan Avenue site was scraped off and hauled away because of contamination from lead paint peelings from the houses that once stood there.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Family friends came and went freely from the home that day leading critics to question contamination of the crime scene.
    Jean Casarez, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
  • There are also fears about contamination of the soil with white phosphorus and what that could mean for farming.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
  • In March, the city of Idaho Springs had a mystery contamination leaking into their wastewater that turned the water a light shade of pink.
    CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Although the levels varied, the contamination was across the state.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The fire was contained and there were no reports of injury or contamination.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The contamination of the bowls in Group C increased between swabbings.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 Apr. 2022
  • If a severe storm rolls in, bringing surging seas and heavy rain, the dormant contamination could be brought back to the surface, drowning the area in a toxic stew.
    Eli Ramos, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Regulators have largely failed to address evidence of widespread contamination in the legal supply, even after labs filed more than 80 complaints about the issue, the publications said.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The company recalled its frozen acai bowls in February due to possible contamination from foreign material and recalled sparkling mineral water in March after learning that 1% of the glass bottles could have damage.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025

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