Example Sentences

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The shelters feature a main door that seals hermetically and a decontamination chamber where people can shower if they have been in a contaminated environment.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

In some cases, workers disregarded decontamination protocols by stepping outside of contaminated areas without rinsing their boots.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Industrial hemp—which tends to contain very little THC—has been used for over 10,000 years as a base material for things like ropes, clothes, construction materials, and soil decontamination.

From Slate • May 28, 2025

University of Delaware researchers have developed a method for mitigating the decontamination that tires release into the environment at the end of their lifespan.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Madeline: You want to go back to decontamination, and short visits, and no touching and no kissing and no future?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon