How to Use ozone in a Sentence

ozone

noun
  • A light breeze filled the rooms of our seaside cottage with ozone.
  • Scientists are concerned about ozone depletion.
  • That's more than last year's 37 — and the ozone period doesn't end until Aug. 31.
    John Frank, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The region has recorded 13 Spare the Air days so far — some due to an uptick in ozone rather than smoke, Richardson said.
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The levels of many ODSs have been reduced, and the ozone is recovering.
    Megesh Tiwari, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • This causes ground-level ozone to build up, leading to more high-ozone days.
    Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2024
  • Ground-level smog contains ozone, which is the main health concern.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Salt Lake City also ranked two spots better this year for ozone pollution, moving from the eighth-worst city in the U.S. to the 10th.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The addition of methane to mimic ozone leads to an increase of 4 Kelvin.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
  • There’s no rest for the wicked, except during a pair of songs that toy with psychedelia and dub, as if the ozone-free sky is finally too much to take.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • As temps climb and ozone levels rise, Utah officials say, parking the car and taking UTA will help clear the air.
    Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The pool and the hot tub use ozone technology to be completely chlorine-free.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The hole in the ozone that forms annually over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Seven of the 10 U.S. cities with the worst ozone pollution are in California.
    Matthew Daly, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Long-term exposure to heat and ozone causes a reaction with the epithelial cells in the lungs.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Around 25% more counties got an A grade in the report for lower levels of ozone pollution.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In addition to the ozone pool, there’s a onsen-like bespoke wood hot tub surrounded by trees.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In some cases, these purifiers can end up producing ozone in the process.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • As the climate warms, there will be more chances for unhealthy summertime ozone levels.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The wildfire smoke is moving in higher ozone concentrations mostly in the northeastern half of the state, along and north of I-95.
    Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • First the system hits the wastewater with ozone, which destroys bacteria and viruses.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 18 Oct. 2021
  • According to the website, both ozone and particle readings in the area were moderate in as of about 2 p.m.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 4 July 2022
  • In summer, concern centers on wildfire smoke and ozone.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • When just ozone was added, the scent’s monoterpene concentrations fell by about 30 percent.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Wednesday is the San Antonio area’s second ozone action day this year.
    Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 6 June 2023
  • The ozone process is only possible through sewage treatment plants, not septic.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • By the end of the century, atmospheric ozone declines by about 72%.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2021
  • However, the West saw massive wildfires that year and ozone pollution there went up.
    David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And that means more smoke, and longer exposure to gasses like carbon monoxide and dioxide, benzene, formaldehyde, and ozone.
    Wired, 28 July 2022
  • Haley believes the more stringent federal standard for ozone of an average 70 parts per billion will be difficult to achieve in Colorado.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024

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