synthetic
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Also known as erythrosine, the synthetic, petroleum-based dye gives certain foods, like candies and frozen desserts, a bright, cherry-red hue.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Some children benefit from knowing cool golf history facts—like how balls are now made with a synthetic rubber core, but they used to be stuffed with feathers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"Our testing and trialling programmes for the production and introduction of competition and social-use synthetic shuttlecocks in collaboration with the manufacturers remains in place and is firmly part of our sustainability strategies for the future."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
But rather than equity ownership, with voting rights and traditional regulatory protections, the Kraken product is essentially a synthetic token backed by a stock.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
The result has been a seemingly endless stream of synthetic insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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