as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
alloyed aluminum, containing either copper or silicon, is much stronger than pure aluminum for cookware
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The grants are expected to help clean up 75 acres of polluted lands and create 1,500 housing units, in addition to new school spaces and commercial areas.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026 -
As to the environment, white phosphorus destroyed fruit, vegetable and olive harvests, burned agricultural lands and left them polluted.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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If the door seal is moldy, clean it well with diluted chlorine bleach and a sponge before running the cleaning cycle.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
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Wait until active new growth restarts—after the cactus has dropped all its flowers—then restart the feeding routine of a balanced, diluted liquid fertilizer and keep it up through spring and summer.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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Second, a dilute hydrochloric acid is used to dissolve the remaining lithium and the transition metals—nickel, cobalt, and manganese.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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For example, Wilson’s team is exploring whether dilute acids speed up weathering.—
Robert F. Service,
Science | AAAS,
3 Sep. 2020
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An 80-acre bayfront site, once home to Burger King’s global headquarters, is set to be transformed from an aging office park into an expansive mixed-use development.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Belize’s health care system receives mixed reviews from expats.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Announced today during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the blended finance blueprint convened investors, philanthropists and industry experts to explore the mobilization of a $2 billion investment.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the character is an alienated young woman returning to a blended family, where her uncle Chris (Tobias Menzies) is trying to build a life with his new wife and wants to bury his brother’s ashes, which are still in the family home.—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
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Dealing with repairs because of the contaminated gas?—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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Major soil removal underway Meerbott said restoring the park has become a priority as crews work to remove contaminated soil.—
Marybel Rodriguez,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kanto practitioners believe that women cannot participate because, according to Japan's Shinto religion, women's blood from menstruation and childbirth is considered impure for the purpose of religious rituals.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Their inclusion underlines the wider context of the film, provoking the audience to hold these pure and impure images together.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
Dylan Tokar,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2022
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“Alloyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alloyed. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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