contaminated

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verb

past tense of contaminate

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Recent Examples of contaminated
Adjective
The Netherlands Forensic Institute is examining the contaminated candy to gather more information. Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 The contaminated beef stew was produced on February 4 and affects 20-ounce metal cans that were shipped to retailers nationwide. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Verb
Indeed, since the virus was first reported in dairy cows in March 2024, one of the sentinel signs that a farm has been infected is the presence of dead barn cats that drank contaminated raw milk. Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025 This lid defect could allow the beverage to become contaminated with bacteria. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for contaminated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contaminated
Verb
  • That number includes children, who represent 16 percent of those poisoned and 27 percent of all fatalities.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • And guess what, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin A toxicity — of kids poisoned by being fed too many vitamins instead of being vaccinated.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The net loss for the first quarter ended May 1 was $8.3 million, or 27 cents per diluted share, which was better than expected.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
  • The company reported a net loss of $483 million, equivalent to $1 per diluted share.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.
    Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
  • However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.
    George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2013
Adjective
  • Quality concerns have dogged the industry for years: In 2023, four people died after using tainted eye drops made in India, and others had to have their eyeballs surgically removed.
    Katherine Dailey, ProPublica, 18 June 2025
  • The tainted Tylenol bottles had been sold at various drugstores across the Chicago area.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

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“Contaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminated. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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