How to Use nonorganic in a Sentence

nonorganic

adjective
  • Use of nonorganic sprays should be used with extreme care.
    Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Its chicken prices are half again or even double those of nonorganic chicken in the store, Heatwole said.
    Thomas Heath, Washington Post, 12 July 2019
  • Nonorganic Walla Walla sweets should be available all over the place.
    Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
  • Trees that will be used as wood chips, compost or wildlife habitat have to be stripped of nonorganic materials.
    oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Trees stripped of nonorganic materials can be used as wood chips, compost and wildlife habitats.
    oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Dubbed one of the most damaging snails in the world, the species has been known to consume at least 500 different kinds of plants and other nonorganic materials, like stucco.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • For households already struggling with the nation's worst bout of inflation in 40 years, such spikes could force many consumers to opt for nonorganic options instead.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Will those who don’t subsist entirely on raw produce be able to tell a difference between organic and nonorganic fruit, as Mr. Evans claims to do?
    David Gelles, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2016
  • Some consumers are cutting out organic foods from their carts and turning to cheaper, nonorganic items, Pandya noted.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 May 2023
  • Some nonorganic wholesalers use systemic pesticides to keep aphids and other unattractive bugs off their young plants, but the caterpillars who eat those plants also get sick and/or die, Pelton said.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2022
  • That’s because trees are turned into wood chips or compost, and some nonorganic materials can ruin a chipping machine.
    oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2021
  • That’s because trees are turned into wood chips or compost, and some nonorganic materials can ruin a chipping machine.
    oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Includes fresh low fat, reduced fat, or skim milk — both organic and nonorganic — sold per gallon, regardless of packaging type.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The cannabis is grown in soil using no nonorganic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, the website states.
    Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Everything from formaldehyde to TCEP (a flame retardant) to phthalates can end up in nonorganic mattresses.
    Scott Gilbertson Gear Team, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The greens are priced competitively with nonorganic fare, yet the process uses 97 percent less water than a conventional farm and no pesticides or herbicides, since bugs and weeds are less likely to get in.
    Andrew Rosenblum, Los Angeles Magazine, 8 Mar. 2018
  • In such labs, technicians can dissolve away nonorganic molecules and take a full index of the remaining organic ones, including, say, fatty acids with an even number of carbon atoms—a hallmark of life.
    Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2018
  • The problems became public this past spring, when a former employee’s videos showing nonorganic, corn-fed meat being repackaged as Belcampo products went viral.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2021
  • After bagging up the sediment from the hearth and bringing it back to the lab, the researchers used a method called manual flotation—essentially, submerging the mixture in water—to separate the organic from the nonorganic material.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Advocates are also concerned about pesticide residues that can be found in nonorganic cotton in pads or tampons, as well as adhesive chemicals used in pads or other additives used to improve absorbency.
    Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
  • However, nonorganic material like prosthetics and artificial joints are fetched from the cylinder and removed.
    Bryan Pietsch, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Conyac sells organic broad-breasted turkeys, which are subject to more stringent standards than nonorganic commercial operations.
    Hannah Rodriguez, The Seattle Times, 22 Nov. 2018
  • Prosecutors say Constant falsely marketed nonorganic corn and soybeans as certified organic on a massive scale.
    Ryan J. Foley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Chemical application Herbicides, organic and nonorganic, are available at most garden centers and nurseries.
    Linda Berry Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023

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