impurity

Example Sentences

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Although it behaves like a single particle, this quasiparticle arises from the shared motion of the impurity and its surroundings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

It followed concerns in several countries that the products may contain the impurity.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

The act’s namesake, Anthony Comstock, was a deeply religious Civil War veteran turned anti-vice crusader from New York who was obsessed with combating what he saw as a culture of sexual impurity.

From New York Times • May 16, 2023

However, the researchers said in the study published Friday in the journal Science Advances, most academics had previously seen the lime clasts as an impurity in the mixture that couldn’t be filtered out.

From Washington Times • Jan. 8, 2023

Perhaps she’s the impurity in him, the static in his signal that the bullies can sense.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr