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as in contamination
something that is or that makes impure
impurities in the water made it cloudy
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as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the impurity of her thoughts was troubling, given her strict upbringing
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Recent Examples of impurity
Stir your fruit and/or veggies around in the mixture to loosen up leftover dirt and impurities.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
This can prevent impurities from building up.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Surfaces are not simple and can exhibit all sorts of weird properties due to missing atoms, crystalline boundaries, and impurities from fabrication techniques.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Certified peptides should also include an impurity profile that tests for elemental impurities such as lead and arsenic, as well as sterility verification for injectable products.
—Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
This can prevent impurities from building up.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Surfaces are not simple and can exhibit all sorts of weird properties due to missing atoms, crystalline boundaries, and impurities from fabrication techniques.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Certified peptides should also include an impurity profile that tests for elemental impurities such as lead and arsenic, as well as sterility verification for injectable products.
—Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impurity
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Left unmanaged, coal waste routinely triggers water contamination, airborne dust pollution, and spontaneous fires.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Farm Rich Pizza Cheese Crunchers, sold at retailers like Walmart and Kroger, were initially pulled from shelves in May due to potential metal contamination.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
15 June 2026
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All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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There are biological contaminants, and that’s anything that’s a living organism.—
Kat Tretina,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
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The material contains heavy metals and other contaminants, including arsenic, mercury, lead, lithium and molybdenum.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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As the subtitle promises, their answers are shared with all the vulgarity, pettiness, and arrogance intact.—
Juliet Izon,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Murray was one of the founding members of People in Need of Environmental Safety (PINES), a local advocacy group, which has pushed NIPSCO to mitigate and properly test for arsenic levels and other pollutants linked to coal ash disposal.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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Trump has touted coal as clean in the past, but experts say coal emits carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and several other pollutants.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Impurity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impurity. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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