nonpolluting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpolluting
Adjective
  • The gel is nontoxic and can be used as a tool to help protect aquatic ecosystems.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Our team has been fans of Caraway cookware for years, thanks to its nontoxic, nonstick properties.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • If the clog remains, use a biodegradable, noncorrosive pipe cleaner, or a household cleaner like hydrogen peroxide, to flush out the drain.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2023
Adjective
  • Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.
    Charles Passy, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
  • This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.
    David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology later reported nondestructive waves and canceled the alert by early afternoon.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Those numbers give inspectors a hard, testable threshold for nondestructive evaluation, something previous alloys could not offer.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In response, the state sent in a strike team tasked with using nonlethal methods to chase the wolves away.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The group recognizes the need to control invasive species, but prefers nonlethal methods of control.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite a solid cast and some decent jokes, the series rarely rises above the level of pleasantly unobjectionable, much less distinctly memorable.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe that’s the lesson the university is actually communicating to its students, beneath whatever charmingly nasal encouragement Kermit doles out on graduation day: to err on the unobjectionable side when things look dicey.
    Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Here, grizzlies don’t equate people with food—as opposed to populated areas where alluring smells forge a connection—and have learned to tolerate humans, thanks to decades of naturalists adopting nonthreatening practices.
    Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • More changes - including budget cuts - are anticipated in an ongoing reorganization effort that aims to remove noninfectious diseases from the CDC's responsibilities.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 29 July 2025
  • This tube contains 15 billion virus-like vesicles—small sacs of noninfectious particles replicated in a lab.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2025
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“Nonpolluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpolluting. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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