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detergent

[dih-tur-juhnt] / dɪˈtɜr dʒənt /
NOUN
soap
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“We’re seeing prices go up everywhere,” he said, referring to polyethylene, a plastic that goes into detergent bottles, food packaging and many other goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Lyondell is a world leader in polypropylene—think the cap on a bottle of detergent.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Everything became more expensive at the start of the year: meat, milk, salt, flour, potatoes, pasta, bananas, soap, toothpaste, socks, laundry detergent, and many medicines too.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

P&G, for instance, began rolling out a stronger version of Tide detergent late last year.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

It was plastic, a soupy bobbing island of it, bags mostly, soda bottles, laundry detergent containers, all the same bleached gray.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin