Examples of contaminant in a Sentence
a filter to remove contaminants from the drinking water
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The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by a variety of hazards, including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, indoor air contaminants, water pollution, watershed destruction and drinking water pollutants.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 20 July 2025
Used in everything from firefighting foams and waterproof clothing to nonstick kitchenware, PFAS contaminants have found their way into the human body through water and food.
—Jay Kakade
july 12, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
That trash will get broken down, or someone will attempt to make some use out of it—to extract some profit from it—and that’s an extremely dangerous and often lethal process where all sorts of contaminants and forever chemicals enter local ecosystems.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 11 July 2025
Many Southern California residents and environmental groups had already objected to sending wildfire ash and debris to local landfills that were not designed to handle high levels of contaminants and potentially hazardous waste that are often commingled in wildfire debris.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Rob Stein, NPR, 20 July 2025
Used in everything from firefighting foams and waterproof clothing to nonstick kitchenware, PFAS contaminants have found their way into the human body through water and food.
—Jay Kakade
july 12, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
That trash will get broken down, or someone will attempt to make some use out of it—to extract some profit from it—and that’s an extremely dangerous and often lethal process where all sorts of contaminants and forever chemicals enter local ecosystems.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 11 July 2025
Many Southern California residents and environmental groups had already objected to sending wildfire ash and debris to local landfills that were not designed to handle high levels of contaminants and potentially hazardous waste that are often commingled in wildfire debris.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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“Contaminant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contaminant. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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contaminant
noun
con·tam·i·nant
kən-ˈtam-ə-nənt 
: something that contaminates
Medical Definition
contaminant
noun
con·tam·i·nant
kən-ˈtam-ə-nənt
: something that contaminates
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