as in contaminated
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
called in to clean up the polluted stream
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as in poisoned
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
outmoded factories polluting the air
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polluted
Adjective
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In fact, boiling contaminated water can exacerbate the problem by breaking open the bacteria and releasing more toxins.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025 -
However, some illegitimate brands may sell contaminated or mislabeled products.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Drugs, success, and conflicting personalities had poisoned members’ relationships.—
Aaron Gilbreath,
SPIN,
31 Dec. 2024
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In times of crisis, these individuals may be offered or pushed into leadership positions that are precarious, at best, and poisoned, at worst.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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Amazon objected to the 2022 warehouse election results, alleging the Amazon Labor Union and the federal labor board had tainted the vote.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2024
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Some see all Russians and their cultural heritage as irredeemably tainted by imperial thinking, a view heavily influenced by post-colonial studies in American academia.—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Before pruning the rest of the tree, sanitize your pruners by dipping the blades into a diluted bleach solution or a cup of 70% isopropyl alcohol.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
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Unlike human identities managed by centralized IAM systems, NHIs are often created ad hoc by various teams, leading to inconsistent governance and diluted accountability.—
Gregory Webb,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
Dylan Tokar,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2022
Adjective
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Social media reacted with mixed commentary about the sensitive topic of colorism.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Despite optimism from the companies involved, as CNN reports, past presidential investment announcements have yielded mixed results.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.—
Sam Sacks,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Falwell, among other notable preachers, criticized Carter's interview with Playboy as an example of voicing impure thoughts.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Polluted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polluted. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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