- present participle of pollute.
polluting
Example Sentences
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He wants to get the Fed out of narrating its outlook, so as to avoid polluting market signals about that same outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
The paper included 15 wedges, three of which involved some form of carbon capture and eight of which involved using traditional fossil fuels, though in more efficient, or less polluting, ways.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026
For lignite, the low-quality soft coal that is the most polluting, Germany has even brought the phase out forward to 2030.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
We’re putting in lots of other checks and balances and protections to try to keep it from polluting the system.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
It might have been that Mrs. Tallis did not want the polluting presence to step inside her house.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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