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adulteration

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as in contamination

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Recent Examples of adulteration Signs of contamination include bugs, improper food storage temperatures and adulteration. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026 Recent years, for example, have seen a major increase in adulteration with the horse tranquilizer xylazine, which knocks users out but doesn’t satisfy the opioid craving. — Charles Fain Lehman, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026 The owner is facing charges including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, drug adulteration and violations of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, per the Times of India. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2025 Diageo denied these allegations and that lawsuit is still pending, but today there was news about another suit from a different plaintiff alleging the same type of adulteration. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for adulteration

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About 15 percent of a subset of the products tested contained measurable levels of endotoxin, a sign of bacterial contamination during manufacture.

— Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
The researchers hope that in the future it will be used to identify counterfeit perfumes, detect pesticide contamination in olive oil, and offer better quality control across agriculture in general.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026

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But the focus on the anchor-outs’ relatively modest contribution to bay pollution is indicative of a broader tendency, by no means unique to Marin County, to blame homeless people for everything that goes wrong.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Since the 1970s, diseases, heatwaves, pollution and damage from boats and storms have killed 90% of Florida’s coral, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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