synthetic

Most conventional plastics break down extremely slowly because microorganisms struggle to digest the synthetic polymers from which they are made.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I believe in second chances,” says Vision, because people are complicated, and synthetic people are people, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

That would rule out for now the synthetic stock tokens offered by brokers and exchanges outside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

An assortment of politicians and watchdog groups have expressed concern about campaigns using generative AI to produce deepfakes – synthetic videos showing people doing things they did not do – that might deceive voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Even with the modern availability of synthetic fertilizers produced by chemical factories, the major source of crop fertilizer today in most societies is still animal manure—especially of cows, but also of yaks and sheep.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Pro-kratom groups like the American Kratom Association are pushing for bans against synthetics "posing as natural kratom".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“You have these synthetics labeled as kratom; a lot of this is a misunderstanding,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The contract allows for limited use of synthetics, under "unusual circumstances," when a generative AI system can be used to create a character who is not based on any actual person in the world.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

The tension between the two synthetics provides a delicious dissonance, making for a “Predator” film that leans hard into camp territory, with Fanning eating up every frame.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

Many people from the old organic movement argued that to put synthetics in a processed food and then call it organic was a fraud.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan