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adulteration

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Definition of adulteration

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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The plan aims to address contamination that the phosphate industry left behind — and prevent it from ever causing another catastrophe.

— Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Last summer, SpaceX president Claudia Sheinbaum threatened legal action against SpaceX, citing contamination caused by the company’s rockets.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of contamination

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The pigments were matched to sunsets painted by Turner and Monet, the sublime effects of which were caused by pollution from the Industrial Revolution, and so the work was likewise beautiful in direct proportion to the poisoning of our atmosphere.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Last month, the EPA repealed a set of standards finalized during the Biden administration that required new and existing plants to reduce carbon pollution by installing carbon capture, sequestration, and storage technology.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

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