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Recent Examples of adverse However, they should be used as directed for the prescribed length of time to avoid adverse effects. Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025 The ban targets snacks — such as Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Skittles — that contain Red No. 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3, ingredients linked to hyperactivity and adverse behavioral effects in children. Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025 Putting Epsom salt in the soil to increase magnesium levels without knowing if the soil is lacking this mineral can have adverse effects on the soil. Lauren David, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025 The body is able to heal some of alcohol's adverse effects, experts say. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for adverse 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adverse
Adjective
  • Governments, meanwhile, may use their powers over information to suppress unfavorable narratives: laws originally aimed at misinformation, many enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, can hinder free expression.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Already, President-elect Donald Trump and his cabinet have threatened legacy media with defamation lawsuits for unfavorable coverage.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And not all of them are equally detrimental to health.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Vulnerable Populations Although everybody’s health can be affected when experiencing wildfires, certain populations are more likely to experience the detrimental health effects of fires.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • During his first term, the former president attacked Bezos over negative coverage in the Washington Post, which Bezos owns.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Each of them allows your mind to move into a more neutral mindset, taking it away from all the stressors and negative thoughts of the day.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Many advocacy organizations have also warned that age verification laws that require users to provide their government IDs pose serious privacy threats, while not actually protecting minors from harmful online content.
    James Factora, Them, 6 Jan. 2025
  • As a result, regulators will introduce more stringent rules and frameworks aimed at curbing the harmful effects of false information.
    Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Both saw themselves as outsiders in a hostile environment.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Aber’s book is successful in showing that self-hatred is the fruit not of a few particular traumas but rather of a hostile environment’s erosive drip on the psyche.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Mother Nature exploded in Los Angeles this month with the most damaging wildfires in the city’s, and likely the nation’s, history.
    Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The deficit hawks said the package must be paid for by other changes to the budget — a stipulation that infuriated Republicans from New York and New Jersey, where the storm was most damaging, and triggered an internal fight within the GOP that benefited Democrats politically.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hurts is incredibly dangerous with his legs, rushing for 630 yards and 14 TDs this season.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The National Weather Service warned that the winds could regain significant strength by Monday, with Tuesday predicted as the most dangerous day.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That wasn't as bad as forecast, especially in areas south of the city, where temperatures rose enough to prevent icing.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Some of them haven't been that bad, and some of them have been egregious.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Adverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adverse. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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