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Recent Examples of adulteration
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.
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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
That’s where much of our data on food adulteration at the time comes from, notes Blum.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
Gasoline price caps tend to cause long lines, declining service quality, fuel adulteration, theft, and smuggling.
—Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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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
That’s where much of our data on food adulteration at the time comes from, notes Blum.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
Gasoline price caps tend to cause long lines, declining service quality, fuel adulteration, theft, and smuggling.
—Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulteration
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Monitoring teams were stationed around the demolition zone to check for any radioactive contamination released during the implosion.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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Trader Joe’s Chicken Fried Rice and other frozen products are being recalled due to potential glass contamination.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
23 Feb. 2026
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Having run down everything that’s wrong with the world outside our windows — unemployment, crime, pollution, a failing economy — the gentleman now has a favor to ask of his viewers.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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Lighting throughout the camp is deliberately subdued, with warm-temperature luminaires and dim solar path lights that create minimal pollution and allow for maximum Milky Way views.—
Megan Eaves,
Outside,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Adulteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulteration. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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