contaminant
noun
something that contaminates.
contaminants
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pluralof contaminant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The agency has said it collected over 28,000 air samples and found no ongoing exposure in the East Palestine community from contaminants released by the derailment and subsequent cleanup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The same basic approach could also be adapted for environmental monitoring, where researchers often need to detect extremely small concentrations of contaminants mixed into much larger volumes of water.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
They often look at various heavy metals and other contaminants that the organization thinks are too common in American food.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Thousands of people have experienced health effects like cancer from the terrorist attacks, including many who have died, after breathing in hazardous contaminants from the building collapses.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
And what of the outflow of scores of other rivers, carrying contaminants perhaps equally lethal?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
