detergent

Example Sentences

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“These consumers are saying, ‘I don’t really like buying laundry detergent and shower gels, they’re not terribly exciting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The company, whose signature brands include Tide detergent and Bounty paper towels, derives of about half of its sales from the U.S.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 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

And it looked better than that time I washed it in detergent to kink it up so I could have an Afro like my cousins.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes