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sanitation

[san-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌsæn ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
sanitary science
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Cruise ships are also subject to the agency’s Vessel Sanitation Program, which oversees sanitation inspections, outbreak monitoring and public-health guidance for participating vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

It has also left much of the Gaza strip in ruins and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, forcing many of them to live without access to sanitation, healthcare or adequate nutrition.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

So, like many SSI recipients, she has continued to live with her father, who makes around $2,000 a month as a Philadelphia sanitation worker.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

“I’ll leave you two alone. But you don’t have a lot of time. The sanitation trucks leave in fifteen minutes. You have five in here.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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