as in poisons
a chemical that is used to kill animals or insects that damage plants or crops
The family farm has gradually moved away from the use of pesticides.
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Recent Examples of pesticides
Cutting back on mowing, limiting pesticides and creating windbreaks will all help monarchs survive.
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Children are especially susceptible to contaminants such as pesticides, even while in the womb, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
And, keep in mind that a tiny amount of pesticides can make their way into the outermost layer of the apple flesh3.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Smuggling undeclared pesticides into the United States.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
See Bayer’s recovery from a separate MAHA report that stopped short of banning pesticides, or swinging stocks of automakers as new tariff exemptions are won.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Colorado requires marijuana growers and manufacturers of edibles and concentrates to test for mold, yeast and certain heavy metals and pesticides.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Urban streams accumulate the waste of cities—runoff of pesticides, herbicides, oil, and whatever else.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Organic wine is produced from grapes grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Children are especially susceptible to contaminants such as pesticides, even while in the womb, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
And, keep in mind that a tiny amount of pesticides can make their way into the outermost layer of the apple flesh3.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Smuggling undeclared pesticides into the United States.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
See Bayer’s recovery from a separate MAHA report that stopped short of banning pesticides, or swinging stocks of automakers as new tariff exemptions are won.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Colorado requires marijuana growers and manufacturers of edibles and concentrates to test for mold, yeast and certain heavy metals and pesticides.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Urban streams accumulate the waste of cities—runoff of pesticides, herbicides, oil, and whatever else.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Organic wine is produced from grapes grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pesticides
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In that timespan, prosecutors say Craig researched poisons and then bought arsenic, cyanide and other deadly substances and used them to kill his wife, Angela Craig.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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It is built for gas exchange, not for filtering poisons.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Avoid all herbicides during new seed establishment.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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Applying herbicides now stops them in their tracks.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Sep. 2025
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Tens of thousands of people have fallen ill with dengue, cholera, and other diseases after recent rains, compounding a series of crises in the country.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Already, the population faced immiseration and the ravages of diseases like influenza and whooping cough.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Neely Lab is interested in applying the technology to gene editing, having previously used CRISPR to understand the mechanisms behind how venoms cause cell death and pain, and how proteins bind to cells, including the crucial spike protein in SARS-CoV-2.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 July 2025
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“Pesticides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pesticides. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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