POLLUTANTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

pollutants

noun

plural of pollutant

as in contaminants

something that is or that makes impure filtered the pollutants out of the water

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Recent Examples of pollutants Many of these materials are made from oil, which emits pollutants when burned, driving climate change and fueling extreme weather. — 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 This all means pollutants tend not to disperse or dilute easily. — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 Without a mask, without fear of needing lung implants, without having to worry about inhaling a soupçon of strychnine or similar industrial pollutants. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Gas and coal power plants also emit air pollutants and the greenhouse gases causing climate change, leading to more health costs. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Oct. 2026 The city said in a statement that the concentration of pollutants averaged 196 micrograms per cubic meter, which is considered an unhealthy level way above the normal range of about 3 to 9. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 If approved, the permit will also require monitoring of the water flow, temperature, present or expected pollutants in the sourcewater, expected pollutants in the wastewater, and additional pollutants associated with steam electric power generation. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 During sunny and warm summer days, the atmosphere becomes incredibly stable, Macaday said, and in turn traps pollutants from car exhausts, ground-level ozone and pollen in the bowl. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Noun

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

Definition of contaminants

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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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