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Recent Examples of nonhazardous
Rigid Plastic Single-stream recycling is designed to take rigid, single-use plastic containers from food, drinks, and nonhazardous cleaning materials like shampoo and laundry soap.
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Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
Only empty metal food, drink, and nonhazardous cleaning materials containers belong in your bin, like drink, soup, and olive oil cans.
—Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
The feedstock will be produced at two off-site locations, one in Indiana and one in Illinois, and is comprised of nonhazardous organic and carbon-based household trash.
—Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
The feedstock is comprised of nonhazardous organic and carbon-based fraction of household trash.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
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Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
Only empty metal food, drink, and nonhazardous cleaning materials containers belong in your bin, like drink, soup, and olive oil cans.
—Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
The feedstock will be produced at two off-site locations, one in Indiana and one in Illinois, and is comprised of nonhazardous organic and carbon-based household trash.
—Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
The feedstock is comprised of nonhazardous organic and carbon-based fraction of household trash.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhazardous
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Most dogs would do anything for a treat, and while giving them a little snack is usually harmless, constantly overfeeding them can be detrimental to their health.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Couples are granting each other permission to share presumably harmless admissions, like covering holes in the ceiling with birthday decorations, which typically escalates into pretty murky territory.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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This is the very edge of California’s dairy country—and so far, the cows here are safe.Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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Once inside the cabinets, think about other ways to keep wine glasses safe.Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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Wow, that’s a lot of shadowy baggage associated with something that might have been a somewhat innocuous remark.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The research presented formaldehyde as relatively innocuous.Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Her previous recipes have included homemade marmalade, ratatouille, pasta from scratch, and tzatziki dip, which all sound lovely and nonthreatening.Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Mar. 2023
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Talk over your concerns with your boss in a nonthreatening and professional way.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
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And thousands of kits that could free more innocent people have been left untested – again.Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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While this sounds easy and innocent enough, FAFSA has the potential to become an insidious tool.Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Bacon was manly in an unthreatening, apolitical way, embraced by role models as diverse as Ron Swanson and James Deen.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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For the first four decades since its creation in 1972, the party was consistently dismissed as a marginal and anomalous phenomenon, unfortunate but unthreatening.Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2016
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Budesonide: This corticosteroid may be beneficial when taken alongside Urso.Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
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When to Consult a Professional Trainer Working with a personal trainer can be beneficial when starting an exercise program or maximizing strength training results.Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Nonhazardous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhazardous. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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