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contamination

[kuhn-tam-uh-nay-shuhn] / kənˌtæm əˈneɪ ʃən /


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Keeping them warmer at this stage helps prevent contamination from sticking to the detectors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mercury contamination, toxic algal blooms and invasive fishes have threatened a rare and revered local fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The case would be "groundbreaking in the UK," she added and would be the first time a community has brought a legal claim over contamination from forever chemicals in the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Managers improperly calibrated testing equipment and questioned results showing elevated contamination, Dixon said in her affidavit, while equipment that recorded contamination was taken out of use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The longer the food remains in storage, the greater the danger of contamination.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Nephew said if time was short, the U.S. could also seek to dilute the material on-site by mixing it with natural uranium or destroy it, although that could cause chemical contaminations in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

The potential applications could include antimicrobial spray or coating to control foodborne pathogen contaminations at both pre-harvest and post-harvest stages, the researchers said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

Morocco on Saturday went so far as to ban all arrivals from China, regardless of nationality, “to avoid a new wave of contaminations in Morocco and all its consequences.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023

A freedom of information request by the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme to FSS showed various "contaminations" across the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2018

Anxious mothers in the country, fearing the contaminations of London and the ruin it has brought on other sons, lodge them in remote Islington, or Hoxton, still more remote. 

From The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie




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