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Recent Examples of colorant
And if a person later has an MRI, swelling and burning of the eye can occur if the machine’s powerful magnetic field interacts with trace colorant metals in the new pigment.
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
What makes these products incredibly healthy are the food additives, preservatives, and colorants added during multiple stages of processing.
—Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Oeko-Tex Standard 100: Another third-party verification that ensures textiles are free of over 1,000 substances such as pesticides and colorants after being submitted to rigorous lab testing.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Best of all, this shampoo is free from all the bad stuff—no parabens, phthalates, silicones, sulfates, or synthetic colorants here.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 22 May 2025
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
What makes these products incredibly healthy are the food additives, preservatives, and colorants added during multiple stages of processing.
—Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Oeko-Tex Standard 100: Another third-party verification that ensures textiles are free of over 1,000 substances such as pesticides and colorants after being submitted to rigorous lab testing.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Best of all, this shampoo is free from all the bad stuff—no parabens, phthalates, silicones, sulfates, or synthetic colorants here.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorant
Noun
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Since the 1970s, the versatile color—which blends blue, red, and yellow pigments—has been hailed as the little black dress of lipstick colors.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
14 Aug. 2025
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When melanin is absent, the underlying yellow or orange pigments become far more visible, giving the animal a vivid, almost glowing appearance.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That includes attacking water fluoridation, casting doubt on the safety of childhood vaccines, pushing for more physical activity in children to reduce chronic diseases, getting rid of synthetic food dyes, and claiming that children are being overprescribed medications.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
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Among those efforts are proposals to phase out artificial food dyes in favor of natural alternatives.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The new species was identified by its coloring, overall size, finger and toe shape, body proportions and other subtle physical features, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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But this early in the fire season, the coloring serves as an inescapable reminder of greenhouse gas emissions and the mobility solutions that might reduce or at least slightly mitigate the future of radical weather crises.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Fillers are the workhorses that add bulk, texture, and color to the middle of the arrangement.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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People attend an event to unveil the colors for the 2026 Cadillac debut in Formula One racing, ahead of the 2025 Miami Formula One Grand Prix, in Miami Beach, Florida, on May 3, 2025.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Colorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorant. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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