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impurity
synonyms for impurity
- contamination
- grime
- pollutant
- scum
- adulteration
- corruption
- defilement
- dirt
- filth
- pestilence
- poisoning
- pollution
- stain
- taint
- uncleanness
- foreign matter
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How to use impurity in a sentence
Limestone also had to be acquired to reduce impurities during the process.
Faces of the dead emerge from lost African American graveyard | Michael Ruane | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostA five-step water filtration system removes impurities and contaminants from the water, leaving clean water for the picky feline.
Best pet water fountains: Never refill a bowl again | Florie Korani | July 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCheap supplements sold on the Internet are more likely to have issues with unlabeled ingredients or impurities than ones sold in stores such as Costco or Whole Foods, which have a process for vetting supplement products, Israelsen says.
Prohibited, unlisted, even dangerous ingredients turn up in dietary supplements | Christie Aschwanden | June 30, 2021 | Washington Post
In addition, there are impurities called “quenchers” that can stop an activator from working, even if all other conditions are right.
How minerals and rocks reflect rainbows, glow in the dark, and otherwise blow your mind | Lauren Leffer | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThat means the process can run on clean renewable energy sources and would produce a stream of carbon dioxide free from fossil-fuel impurities.
A startup using minerals to draw down CO2 has scored funding—and its first buyer | James Temple | May 26, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIt just recreates that whole dynamic that we had around the public option--liberal despair at Obama's impurity.
Here's the Post Where I Get Some Liberals Mad at Me | Michael Tomasky | November 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRather it would be more accurate to describe such outcomes as “impurely political”—with the emphasis on impurity.
When parties lose power, activists ascribe the loss to the ideological impurity of their incumbent president.
Now Sestak is having success running from the left with the same charge of ideological impurity.
The principal impurity, and one which renders alum unfit for the use of the dyer, is iron.
Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationI admired spotlessness, even though I could lay no claim to it, and hated impurity, as I hope I do now.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyIs it not there that the evil spirits of impurity spread their nets for thoughtless and unsuspecting youth?
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) | Timothy EastThe court of Catharine de' Medici was noted for its impurity, as it was infamous for its recklessness of human life.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry Baird
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