as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
alloyed aluminum, containing either copper or silicon, is much stronger than pure aluminum for cookware
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Adjective
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Net income for the three months ended May 3 rose to $193 million, or diluted earnings per share of 51 cents, up from $158 million, or 42 cents, a year earlier.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025 -
Swishing with diluted apple cider vinegar, baking soda and water, or lemon juice may help eliminate unpleasant tastes.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
28 May 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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Today, disruption is ongoing thanks to factors like economic indicators sending mixed signals, technological developments creating both threat and opportunity, and social patterns undergoing rapid evolution.—
John Pierce,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Shares are down nearly 2% Wednesday on a mixed quarterly earnings report Tuesday evening.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Consumption of contaminated food can cause salmonellosis, the most common symptoms of which are diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after consumption.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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Most people infected with salmonella start developing symptoms 12 to 72 hours after eating the contaminated product.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Farmers or middlemen also frequently adulterated milk, watering it down to stretch supplies—with impure water likely to introduce further pathogens—or adding toxic substances, like formaldehyde or chalk, meant to conceal spoilage or make milk appear whiter.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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What was considered holy at one time was considered impure in other epochs.—
Isaac Bashevis Singer,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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
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“Alloyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alloyed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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