effluent

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Recent Examples of effluent Functional or not, septic tanks pollute by releasing human-waste effluent into Florida’s sandy soils. Nicole Kirchhoff, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024 Another culprit is the Mississippi River, which carries nutrient-rich effluent from farms and industries into the Gulf of Mexico. Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 4 June 2024 This is in large part thanks to thousands of years of sexism, namely the belief that menstrual effluent is dirty or dangerous, something to be shunned or ignored. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 27 June 2024 This oral effluent is obnoxious to many predators; ants and spiders promptly flee. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for effluent 

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“Effluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effluent. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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