detergent

Example Sentences

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Dow will make things that go into the detergent bottle.

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

Colored shampoo and detergent bottles, made from polyethylene, or #1 plastic, are getting recycled at a rate of just 5%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

The van Daans have been sleeping all winter long on the same flannel sheet, which can’t be washed because detergent is rationed and in short supply.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank