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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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The Cape Fear River supplies drinking water to more than 500,000 residents, but contamination from the expansion project would disproportionately harm people in low-income and minority populations.—
Patrick Sisson,
Scientific American,
9 Mar. 2026
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From small towns along the Mississippi to suburban cities like Crest Hill, the drinking water of more than 400,000 Illinoisans is at risk of contamination.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Points are also given for sustainable practices, with activities in at least two of four categories – soil and water conservation, controlling nonnative species, reducing pollution and reduce/reuse/recycle.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The irony should be noticed that EQIP, a program with the purpose of bringing conservation into farming, is now being used to fund forms of technology powered by data centers that drain our water, cause air pollution, and gobble up farmland.—
Anthony Pahnke,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Adulteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulteration. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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