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as in contamination
something that is or that makes impure
impurities in the water made it cloudy
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2
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the impurity of her thoughts was troubling, given her strict upbringing
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Recent Examples of impurity
Using high-tech machines to draw out impurities, exfoliate dead skin, and hydrate, all of her services are customized to the specific skin concern of each model.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 30 Jan. 2025
That’s pushed the company to figure out what to do with impurities that, normally, would just be thrown away.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 20 Jan. 2025
Heavy metals are not directly added to the product but may come from naturally occurring impurities.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Clay Masks Consider using clay masks once or twice a week to absorb excess oil and draw out impurities from the pores.
—William Truswell, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 30 Jan. 2025
That’s pushed the company to figure out what to do with impurities that, normally, would just be thrown away.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 20 Jan. 2025
Heavy metals are not directly added to the product but may come from naturally occurring impurities.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Clay Masks Consider using clay masks once or twice a week to absorb excess oil and draw out impurities from the pores.
—William Truswell, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impurity
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People in certain regions of Minnesota, especially the southeast, have long been at a higher risk of nitrate contamination from their private wells.—
MinnPost,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The decision to put untested but possibly hazardous waste in Sunshine Canyon, Hunter said, doesn’t consider the landfill’s proximity to residences and the potential for groundwater contamination in the event that the landfill’s liner system is damaged due to an earthquake.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Jay is a professor of Environmental Engineering at UCLA, focusing on transport of contaminants in the environment.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The 92-year-old dam filters out trash, contaminants, and other things from the Clinch River that could sully the lake’s pristine appearance.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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Even those Republicans who are wary of his volatile leadership style, penchant for vulgarity and willingness to violate conservative orthodoxies are generally reluctant to air those criticisms publicly.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
21 Dec. 2024
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Corbet’s awkward forcing of his characters into his conceptual framework leads to absurdities and vulgarities—not least in the depiction of László’s first and only Black acquaintance, a laborer named Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé), as a heroin addict.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2025
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Connecticut began following the California standards in 2004 and continued doing so as regulators in that state gradually shifted from the goal of reducing smog-forming pollutants to fighting climate change.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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Barker, who had recently published an inventory of rocket emissions and pollutants from satellite re-entries in the journal Nature, posted the estimates on his LinkedIn profile shortly after the mishap.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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The house, formerly inhabited by Russian soldiers, exhibited the obscenities of forceful dispossession.—
C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Naked Lunch was banned in Boston and Los Angeles under obscenity statutes.—
Ira Silverberg,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2024
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Looking the Part If filth means people treat you worse, then fancy clothes mean people in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 treat you better.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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In this raucous odyssey a wanton minx quests hard across a dreamy landscape of smut, filth and psychics, hustling to lift a curse that has been f*cking her sh*t up.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Impurity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impurity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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