as in contaminants
something that is or that makes impure
swimming in the lake is banned until the contamination is identified and neutralized
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Noun
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In New York, out of the 197 contaminants found in drinking water served by its 2,263 utilities, 11 exceeded legal limits, per the EWG database.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The nation eventually lost its foothold on the lake, which became polluted in the 19th and 20th centuries as industries dumped mercury, salt and other contaminants into the water.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The 2025 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded for the creation of metal-organic frameworks, molecular structures that can capture CO₂, filter pollutants from water, or trap moisture from desert air.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Night after night in the dry air of Chile's Atacama Desert, fine dust and pollutants settle on the aluminum coating of the mirrors belonging to the Very Large Telescope, part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Contaminations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminations. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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