as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the hospitals had no choice but to throw out the contaminated blood supply
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as in poisoned
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
a supply of drinking water that was contaminated by a toxic waste dump
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Recent Examples of contaminated
Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
That, or directly eating contaminated food, is how most of the above bacteria are spread.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
That's the percentage of recycling materials collected by DeKalb County crews from July to September 2024 that was considered contaminated and sent to the landfill, according to a new audit.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The virus spreads through contaminated food, water, or direct contact with an infected individual, attacking nerve cells in the spinal cord and leading to muscle weakness, degeneration, and paralysis.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
That, or directly eating contaminated food, is how most of the above bacteria are spread.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
For that reason, the CDC recommends that people stay away from sick or dead birds or other animals, and avoid touching surfaces contaminated with feces or saliva, such as litter or bedding.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
That's the percentage of recycling materials collected by DeKalb County crews from July to September 2024 that was considered contaminated and sent to the landfill, according to a new audit.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Haunting pictures of rows of small bodies covered in white sheets—some of the 400 children who were poisoned in the attack—became emblematic of the Assad regime’s cruelty.Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
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Poisoned Data, Poisoned Outcomes One of the biggest dangers in the AI supply chain is poisoned training data.Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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In a cinematic landscape laden with diluted IP projects, Jenkins is hardly the first filmmaker working as a cog in a billion-dollar machine.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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As bowl games outside the College Football Playoff have become more diluted, organizers have sought new ways to steal the spotlight.Peter Burke, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2013
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But, despite its tainted origins, blood quantum is still a part of many tribes’ contemporary policies.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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Doctors at the surgical center became wary of the tainted IV bags in August 2022 after an 18-year-old patient had to be rushed to the intensive care unit during a routine sinus surgery, the Justice Department said.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Contaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminated. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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