alloyed

adjective

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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alloyed
  1. polluted
  2. diluted
  3. dilute
  4. mixed
  5. blended
  6. contaminated
  7. impure
  8. adulterated
Adjective
  • The germ theory of disease was a huge step forward, helping doctors understand that polluted water sources spread disease, and then helping to develop antibiotics.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • By late Thursday afternoon, Chicago had overtaken Detroit, Minneapolis and Toronto as the most polluted major city in the world, according to Swiss air quality company IQAir.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of polluted
Adjective
  • What to Use Instead of Vinegar While using diluted vinegar here and there in a pinch likely won’t ruin your floors, there are much safer ways to clean laminate.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 31 July 2026
  • While effective in many respects, that structure created handoffs that slowed development and diluted accountability.
    — Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of diluted
Adjective
  • Finally, the third recruits seaweed to gather minerals that are otherwise too dilute to chase.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • Clean and disinfect your pruning shears between working on each plant by dipping them into a dilute 10% solution of chlorine bleach water or rubbing alcohol.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
Definition of dilute
Adjective
  • Sarah Dempster, an architect for Populous, said other baseball stadium projects in Atlanta, Chicago and Denver have successfully created walkable mixed-use districts around stadiums that are unique to their cities.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • As examples of the mismanagement, Yiannas noted the outbreak’s extreme size—already well over double the typical number of cases seen in recent years—as well as mixed messaging and confusion among consumers.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Definition of mixed
Adjective
  • In our demonizing present, the story of such a pioneering truth-teller speaks powerfully to the needs of our blended American future.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • Baker, and Latimore explained to THR how the blended family of raising six children between them and Tiffany impacts this final season.
    — Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Definition of blended
Adjective
  • Over half of the surfaces were found to have high enough levels of bacteria, yeast or mold to put someone at risk for infection, with the headrest the most contaminated area.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 July 2026
  • Beyond the contaminated water, Detwiler says, they're linked to frequent illness outbreaks and can be notoriously difficult to trace back to their source.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of contaminated
Adjective
  • Wise’s wistful songwriting is retained, but completely missing is his intentionally impure palette.
    — Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of impure
Adjective
  • Navarro, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in August, was sentenced Friday in Manhattan by federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil for being part of a conspiracy to distribute and administer adulterated and misbranded drugs for racehorses.
    — Stephen Edelson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2021
Definition of adulterated
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“Alloyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alloyed. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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