How to Use adulteration in a Sentence

adulteration

noun
  • Only low-grade olive oil has a low smoke point, due to old olives or adulteration.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • That’s where much of our data on food adulteration at the time comes from, notes Blum.
    — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
  • Kegley pleaded guilty to drug adulteration and misbranding of drugs.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 July 2021
  • Servis has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit drug adulteration and misbranding.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The more concerning issue is adulteration, in which lead is deliberately added to the spice.
    — Hannah Singleton, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Iberostar apologized for the couples' stress and denied any deliberate adulteration of the drinks.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
  • Even without the rise of online pharmacies, there have been multiple food and medicine adulteration cases, some due to carelessness, some due to greed.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Gasoline price caps tend to cause long lines, declining service quality, fuel adulteration, theft, and smuggling.
    — Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The food industry was unregulated, rife with adulteration and poor hygiene.
    — Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2018
  • There is no requirement that kratom products be tested for contamination or adulteration with other substances.
    — Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Charges brought against the 27 people include drug adulteration and misbranding conspiracy.
    — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • One of the most infamous cases of recent adulteration, in China in 2008, involved dairy products mixed with melamine .
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2012
  • Recent years, for example, have seen a major increase in adulteration with the horse tranquilizer xylazine, which knocks users out but doesn’t satisfy the opioid craving.
    — Charles Fain Lehman, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Auditors said that sample should have been investigated for adulteration and possibly flagged for state regulators.
    — Bob Young, The Seattle Times, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Some traditionalists question whether all the bishops participated; others say that the inclusion of Ukraine in the prayer was an add-on and adulteration.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The researchers also showed that a common adulteration—switching glycerol for diethylene glycol during the production of cold medicine—was easily detectable.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2018
  • People handling or consuming the products could become seriously ill due to adulteration from pests, including rodents, birds and insects, the company said.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Ministry of Health advised against consuming alcohol from a number of brands because samples had tested positive for methanol adulteration.
    — CNN, 21 July 2019
  • Because the industry is largely unregulated, there is a risk of contamination or adulteration.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the adulteration doesn't seem immediately dangerous, merely fraudulent.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2012
  • This effort includes both the battle against criminal adulteration, as well as illnesses caused by a handful of infectious agents -- viral, parasitic, and bacterial.
    — Thomas N. Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2012
  • Navarro and another high profile trainer, Jason Servis, were both indicted on a count of conspiracy of drug adulteration and misbranding.
    — NBC News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • As our food supply becomes more global, an adulteration problem in Bangladesh has international ramifications.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Good Housekeeping regularly publishes articles about food safety and food adulteration.
    — Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2015
  • Transparency envisions a near future where test kits are recognized as an essential tool for anyone consuming drugs or medications, providing a critical line of defense against adulteration.
    — Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
  • Signs of contamination include bugs, improper food storage temperatures and adulteration.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Lira is also accused of conspiring to violate drug misbranding and adulteration laws, which carries a maximum prison term of five years, according to the Department of Justice.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The idea that ethanol is a leading antidote for methanol poisoning is not only ironic, it’s also used as a justification for the adulteration by dishonest manufacturers, Canlar says.
    — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The agency’s lead hypothesis was that the contamination was the result of economically motivated adulteration of the cinnamon used in the applesauce.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 31 July 2024
  • Why adapt Sinclair at all, when-not to discredit any amount of true experience that went into the raw trauma exhibited here-the adulteration of his meatpackers into one-note archetypes of patriarchal domination appears to be the goal?
    — Max Maller, Chicago Reader, 19 Apr. 2018

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