as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the hospitals had no choice but to throw out the contaminated blood supply
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as in poisoned
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
a supply of drinking water that was contaminated by a toxic waste dump
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Recent Examples of contaminated
Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
The recall states that the contaminated product had been sold between February and December 2024 at more than 50 stores throughout Colorado.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
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
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Adjective
More 100 children who consumed the contaminated lunch meals fell ill in the town of Mokama, CNN affiliate CNN News 18 reported.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
The recall states that the contaminated product had been sold between February and December 2024 at more than 50 stores throughout Colorado.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contaminated
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That number includes children, who represent 16 percent of those poisoned and 27 percent of all fatalities.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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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
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In 2024, the retailer posted net income of $12 million, or 13 cents a diluted share, on total revenues of $7.99 billion, which included net sales of $7.97 billion.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
16 May 2025
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The profit figure compared with a loss of $1.26 per diluted share in the year-ago quarter.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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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
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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
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According to the company, 99.5% of the tainted butter was recovered before reaching consumers.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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One new initiative the researchers have undertaken is to focus on items in the collection with histories that include some contact with tainted dealers.—
Graham Bowley,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Contaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminated. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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