variants also effluvia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for effluvium
Noun
  • Chavez's action on that night left the crowd at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, showering the ring with debris.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • After 9/11, undocumented immigrants were tasked with cleaning up the debris of the World Trade Center, as Karla Cornejo Villavicencio showed in her book The Undocumented Americans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Strong winds and the pull of the boats caused the cruise ship to rock and raw sewage to spill onto the floors.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 June 2025
  • Officials warned beach-goers that the ocean water contains sewage and may cause illness.
    La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
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“Effluvium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effluvium. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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