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detergent

[dih-tur-juhnt] / dɪˈtɜr dʒənt /
NOUN
soap
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And it regularly sets discounts for its laundry detergent to reduce the price from about $12.99 to just under $9.99.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Procter & Gamble introduced Tide evo, a new detergent “tile” format, which is now rolling out widely to major retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

MASON, Ohio—As the nation’s dominant purveyor of laundry detergent, Procter & Gamble PG -0.12%decrease; down pointing triangle knows full well that consumers have strong feelings about their wash.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Miners mix mud with powdered detergent, which then flows through a series of chutes covered with materials that absorb the mineral.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

He brings in the butchered dirty meat and washes it in the sink with detergent and hot water.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Additional sources of nutrients include industry, septic tanks and household detergents.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

Researchers use it to improve proteins such as enzymes and antibodies that play important roles in medicine, industrial manufacturing, and even everyday products like laundry detergents.

From Science Daily Mar. 9, 2026

He then started his career in marketing at consumer-goods conglomerates, working on brands from detergents to dairy products.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

The colorless gas is also used to make chemicals found in products such as antifreeze, detergents, plastics and adhesives.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2025

Water pollution experts throughout the United States are concerned by the fact that detergents are now a troublesome and practically universal contaminant of public water supplies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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