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Recent Examples of solvent
Real paint thinner is a solvent used for thinning and removing paint and is typically made of alcohols, esters, petroleum products, organic solvents, and ketones, but the specific makeup varies from brand to brand.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
Environmental factors: Toxins such as tobacco, heavy metals, solvents, pesticides, or industrial chemicals and plastics could act as endocrine disruptors, which confuse our endocrine system by decreasing ovarian reserve.
—Mónica Heras, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Notably, these yellow, green and red rubber straps are durable, flexible, odorless and resistant to wear and tear — including UV radiation and acids and solvents.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
But the base also left behind trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cancer-causing solvent used to clean missile oxygen systems.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
Environmental factors: Toxins such as tobacco, heavy metals, solvents, pesticides, or industrial chemicals and plastics could act as endocrine disruptors, which confuse our endocrine system by decreasing ovarian reserve.
—Mónica Heras, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Notably, these yellow, green and red rubber straps are durable, flexible, odorless and resistant to wear and tear — including UV radiation and acids and solvents.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
But the base also left behind trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cancer-causing solvent used to clean missile oxygen systems.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solvent
Noun
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Gardiner recommends using a Lysol disinfectant spray to take care of anything the wheels could have picked up on their path.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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Sunlight, as the saying goes, is the best disinfectant.—
Tom Blakely,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
Noun
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In January 2024, he was arrested at a Walmart in the Chicago suburbs for shoplifting about $1,000 worth of food, laundry detergent, shampoo and other items.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
18 July 2025
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Your skin may be sensitive to certain soaps, lotions, laundry detergents, or fabrics.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Small pests like aphids, thrips, whiteflies, and spider mites are easily managed with applications of organic soap spray.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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The business is known for its eye-catching soap names, which can be seen in the items Chávez is holding in the photo below.—
Brayden Garcia
July 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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“Solvent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solvent. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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