CONTAMINANTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

contaminants

noun

plural of contaminant

as in pollutants

something that is or that makes impure a filter to remove contaminants from the drinking water

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Recent Examples of contaminants Though consumers are advised to eat smaller fish or to trim away belly fat and dark meat to remove contaminants, blue catfish is increasingly popular table fare. — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 And eight years later, officials finally began the process of cleaning up lead, arsenic, and other contaminants. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 Inside Clarify Clinic’s proprietary centrifuge machine, which is designed to filter contaminants out of human blood. — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026 This system removes salt and other contaminants while turning the brine into solids, using almost all waste heat. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Salmon is the beauty world’s top pick because its DNA is relatively pure, with fewer proteins, peptides and other contaminants mixed in. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 The audit’s conclusions echo several findings of an investigation this year by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica into the Marijuana Enforcement Division’s lapses in policing contaminants entering the legal marketplace. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 On Paradise food was plentiful and fresh, water devoid of contaminants. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Toxicology testing also revealed that Jackie had environmental contaminants and traces of a rodenticide called brodifacoum in her liver. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Many of these materials are made from oil, which emits pollutants when burned, driving climate change and fueling extreme weather.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The Find + Follow Air Purifier senses areas of high air pollutants in the home – such as where residents are cooking, smoking or burning candles – and adjusts its position to clean this air.

— Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

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In one of the heaviest contaminations of TCE and PCE documented, thousands of soldiers and their families were exposed to the solvents at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987.

— WUFT News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
And the Food and Drug Administration is also investigating contaminations that may be tied to a different outbreak.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

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