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chemical

[kem-i-kuhl] / ˈkɛm ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with atom and molecule change
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Copenhagen paid nearly $30m in 2018 to clean up chemical spills in Ikateq and another base, but it wasn’t enough to cover larger installations elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Carbenes are widely used as "ligands," or supporting components in metal-based catalysts that help drive chemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

“Even within the food program, food chemical issues have largely taken a backseat to more traditional food safety issues, like food pathogens, E. coli and foodborne illness outbreaks.”

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Inside the body, this process is driven by immune cells that release chemical signals to respond to injury or infection.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

Schrödinger was trying to conjure up a chemical that would capture the divergent, contradictory qualities of heredity—a molecule to satisfy Aristotle.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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