as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the hospitals had no choice but to throw out the contaminated blood supply
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as in poisoned
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
a supply of drinking water that was contaminated by a toxic waste dump
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Recent Examples of contaminated
Gary Stoller, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
People can become infected after consuming contaminated food or water, or coming into contact with the feces of animals or infected people.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Salmonella is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water, or by coming into contact with infected people or animals.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
For many decades, Rocky Flats has been a controversial contaminated site south of Boulder, Colorado, about 20 miles north of Denver.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
People can become infected after consuming contaminated food or water, or coming into contact with the feces of animals or infected people.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Expectations are diminished, contaminated by politics.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Salmonella is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water, or by coming into contact with infected people or animals.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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Mossad agents using fake Canadian passports poisoned Mashaal outside of Hamas' office in the capital Amman by holding a device to his ear.David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
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Net income for the quarter was $16.2 million, or $0.36 per diluted common share, compared to $20.7 million, or $0.46 per diluted common share, in the same quarter of the previous year.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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For the nine months, the loss narrowed to $55.3 million, or 50 cents a diluted share, from $56.6 million, or 54 cents, a year ago.Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2013
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Without this work, however, outbreaks of foodborne illness might never be spotted or traced back to a tainted ingredient, and more people would get sick and die.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Following the Vatican leaks and Benedict’s tainted legacy, Bergoglio aims to deliver his resignation but is met with resistance by the acting Pope, who has other plans for the Cardinal.EW.com, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Contaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminated. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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