coal tar
noun
: tar obtained by distillation of bituminous coal and used especially as an industrial fuel, in making dyes, and in the topical treatment of skin disorders
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The contaminants included untreated sewage, which caused cholera and typhoid outbreaks that claimed thousands of lives, and coal tar.
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Rana Hajirasouli, Harvard Business Review, 27 June 2024
As for the coal tar, a discovery that it could be distilled into the building blocks of synthetic dyes caused businesses to stop dumping it into the river and instead repurpose it into valuable dye compounds.
—Rana Hajirasouli, Harvard Business Review, 27 June 2024
Once the steamrollers evened out the crushed limestone track, a final coat of a coal tar binding agent was applied and the track was ready for racing.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
Vogel pointed out the swirls of coal tar, and other inky substances, streaming by on the surface of the canal like galaxies.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
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Rana Hajirasouli, Harvard Business Review, 27 June 2024
As for the coal tar, a discovery that it could be distilled into the building blocks of synthetic dyes caused businesses to stop dumping it into the river and instead repurpose it into valuable dye compounds.
—Rana Hajirasouli, Harvard Business Review, 27 June 2024
Once the steamrollers evened out the crushed limestone track, a final coat of a coal tar binding agent was applied and the track was ready for racing.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
Vogel pointed out the swirls of coal tar, and other inky substances, streaming by on the surface of the canal like galaxies.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
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coal tar
noun
: tar obtained by distillation of bituminous coal and used in the treatment of some skin diseases by direct local application to the skin
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