preservative

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Recent Examples of preservative Some bills seek to regulate other chemicals, such as the preservative propylparaben, or potassium bromate, a chemical added to flour to strengthen dough. Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 30 July 2025 Before the vote, panel members argued back and forth on whether thimerosal is safe, despite scientific literature showing no link between vaccines containing the preservative and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 June 2025 Redwood is also scheduled to present Thursday to the agency's new roster of outside vaccine advisers, who were replaced earlier this month by Kennedy with his own picks, about her concerns about the vaccine preservative thimerosal causing autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Paula Cohen, CBS News, 25 June 2025 The preservative protects against contamination in the larger vials. ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for preservative
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protective
Adjective
  • Otherwise, the oil works as a specialized scalp treatment, too, or to provide nourishment during protective styling.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Physicists revealed that the HRNS spectrometer will be installed behind a thick concrete protective wall surrounding the fusion chamber, near an opening several centimetres in diameter, to be able to detect neutrons produced in the very center of the plasma.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Preservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preservative. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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