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ammonia

[uh-mohn-yuh, uh-moh-nee-uh] / əˈmoʊn yə, əˈmoʊ ni ə /
NOUN
pungent gas, liquid
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This caused ammonia prices to double, and food inflation exceeded 6% in the fall of 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The presence of ammonia near the site could lead to the annulment of the building permit, he added.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

About half of the world’s agricultural nitrogen-based urea fertilizer supply passes through the strait, along with 30% of global ammonia exports.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

At SKW's sprawling 220-hectare site, a 23-kilometre rail network transports urea, ammonia and finished fertilisers, destined for sites across Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Arthur had bolted it to the floor of a boat-building warehouse on Andreason Street, a dilapidated barn that smelled'permanently of lithographic ink and of the ammonia in the typesetting machine.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson



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