How to use contamination in a sentence

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• Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond.From the entry seep
• The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.From the entry ticky
• The tissue sample was analyzed ex situ to prevent contamination from surrounding cells.From the entry ex situ
• Monitoring wells are installed downgradient of a contamination source to detect a contaminant plume.From the entry downgradient
• Uncontaminated groundwater is found upgradient of a contamination source.From the entry upgradient
• Many of TST's critics did frame the issue in terms of purity and contamination.2020, Joseph P. Laycock, Speak of the Devil, page 74. From the entry purity spiral
• The absence of xenocrystal contamination reinforces the primary character of this layer.2015 October 13, “A Human Deciduous Tooth and New 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results from the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site of Isernia La…. From the entry xenocrystal
• Most hospitals stock cutie pies to monitor radiation contamination levels during an emergency.2014, Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour, Workbook for Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography…. From the entry cutie pie
• In the case of Allsville, the “software” is still being developed, and is particularly vulnerable to contamination.2011, Darrell Moneyhon, Allsville Emerging. From the entry foregive
• Allowing a wine to undergo malo also protects it from bacterial contamination later.2009, Joseph LaVilla, The Wine, Beer, and Spirits Handbook. From the entry malo
• Theaterwide chemical warfare agent contamination from air war bombings of Iraq.1997, Joyce C Lashof, Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. From the entry theaterwide
• They have shown biases, problems with contamination from containers, and the need for standards.1975 March, Glenn R. Waterbury [et al.], “Nuclear Materials (Fuels)”, in Richard W. Seward, editor, Standard Reference Materials and…. From the entry round robin
• When manufacture of 2,4,5-T is controlled carefully, dioxin contamination is less than 1 ppm.1973 September, James Edward Huff, John S. Wassom, “Chlorinated Dibenzodioxins and Dibenzofurans”, in Douglas H. K. Lee, Hans L. Falk…. From the entry dioxin
• Many governments are today working to avoid common dangers (contamination, starvation, overpopulation) threatening the whole humanity.1973, Arvind N. Das, Dialectics and Humanism, Volume 1, Warsaw University, World Order and Peace Research Project, →ISBN, page 27. From the entry suprareligious
• The bases of working limits for environmental contamination are the permissible limits for internal emitters.1959 October, H. A. Kornberg, “Biological Implications of Radioactive Wastes”, in Sixth International Congress and Exhibition of…. From the entry boneseeker
• Any leaf contamination on the line is frozen, becoming brittle.2023 September 20, Tom Ingall, “Freezing the leaves off the line”, in RAIL, number 992, page 46. From the entry sublimation
• The shallow aquifer water in the areas of Macun, Wangfeng, and Hanwang must be intensively treated before utilization due to contamination.2018 March, “Evaluation of hierarchically weighted principal component analysis for water quality management at Jiaozuo mine”, in…. From the entry Macun
• Given the widespread environmental contamination we detected, their fossatorial habits could further explain this apparent increased exposure to infection.2015 November 12, “Widespread Environmental Contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Revealed by a Molecular Detection…. From the entry fossatorial
• “Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) have recently received attention owing to their widespread contamination in the environment.2013, Issues in Environmental Research and Application: 2012 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN. From the entry perfluorooctanoic acid
• Progesterone concentrations rise rapidly in the mare and any post-ovulation treatment carries an increased risk of uterine contamination.2008, Juan C. Samper, Equine Breeding Management and Artificial Insemination, page 160. From the entry post-ovulation
• Very obvious diacetyl flavor may indicate other problems, such as extremely warm fermentation temperatures, unhealthy yeast, underoxygenated wort, or bacterial contamination.2008, Marty Nachel, Homebrewing For Dummies, page 322. From the entry underoxygenated
• Waterproof pants are usually put on over the cloth diaper to reduce contamination of the environment as the diaper becomes soiled.2004, Pierre Agache, Philippe Humbert, Measuring the Skin, Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 565. From the entry waterproof pants
• Special seals, which fit over the cutter opening when it is out of the flow, prevent dustout and sample contamination.1968, Canadian Chemical Processing - Volume 52, page 36. From the entry dustout
• These unaffiliated (or independent) directors are, supposedly, the purifying factor against the contamination of the Managing Group's duality.1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Mutual Fund Legislation of 1967: Hearings, page 706. From the entry unaffiliated
• Delicately flavoured products and foodstuffs can on storage be treated with aerosol without any danger of contamination, staining and disflavouring.1945, Indian Journal of Applied Chemistry. From the entry disflavour
• Research shows that presenteeism, apart from the obvious danger of contamination of other workers, can lead to longer absence from work later on.2016, Slavina Spasova, Denis Bouget and Bart Vanhercke, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, December 2016. From the entry presenteeism
• The great object of the dairyer must be to produce, good, wholesome milk, and afterwards to keep it pure and free from contamination.2013, C. W. Walker-Tisdale, The Practice of Soft Cheesemaking, page 1. From the entry dairyer
• They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination.2010 July 25, Andrew Chung, “Quebec between a rock and a hard place on gas from shale”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 28…. From the entry fracking
• This lateral dangerosity accounting for the lateral impact of a contamination is combined to a direct dangerosity accounting for the direct impact.2008, Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: Credibility of Modelling, the International Association of Hydrological…. From the entry dangerosity
• Wu Hai, whose objections to contamination of the patrilineal line were cited above, described an ancestral hall (tz'u-t'ang) of the Lins of Lo-t'ien (Hupei).1986, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, James L. Watson, editors, Kinship Organization in Late Imperial China 1000-1940, University of California…. From the entry ancestral hall
• Bear in mind the fact that this poisonous contamination can be eliminated from the national body only after centuries, or perhaps never.1925–26, Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, translation from German to English by James Murphy, 1939. From the entry Aryan
• In contrast, cytospots stained for Tie2 that is restrictedly expressed by endothelial cells showed no fluorescence indicating that there was no contamination with endothelial cells (Fig 3C and 3D).2015 September 26, “Targeting Rapamycin to Podocytes Using a Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1)-Harnessed SAINT-Based Lipid…. From the entry restrictedly
• Pavlov referred to these premature droolings as “psychic” secretions, and he began to study why they occurred, in part to avoid future contamination of his digestion experiments.2013, James Nairne, Psychology, page 209. From the entry drooling
• Subsequently, it became evident that Iitate was a hot zone with very high levels of radiation contamination and all of its residents and evacuees had to be evacuated.2012, Jeff Kingston, Contemporary Japan, page 210. From the entry hot zone
• My divorce was related to her undivorce, so the generations unfold back to back handing on their burdens — by contamination, memory, experience, identification, one's failure becomes the other's.2001, Joseph F. Trimmer, Maxine Hairston, The Riverside Reader, page 187. From the entry undivorce
• In this context, exposure to house dogs, especially in childhood, might be an easy way for human contamination with a heterogeneous morbillivirus which is highly encephalomyelitogenic.1985, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, Neurologie et Psychiatrie - Volume 23, The California University Press, page 61. From the entry encephalomyelitogenic
• For example, terran contamination could result in the introduction of exobiotic organisms, the initiation of chemical reactions or changes, or the mutation of either 12 indigenous or exogenous organisms.1981, Proceedings - Volume 23, page 109. From the entry exobiotic
• Not until I could no longer feel behind me the contamination that was the temple where the Warlock's longfather had ruled did I pause to clean myself again with dust.1982, Ardath Mayhar, Warlock's Gift, page 65. From the entry longfather

Meaning of contamination

1. noun The act or process of contaminating.
2. noun Something which contaminates.
3. noun A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.

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Questions about contamination in a sentence

How do you use contamination in a sentence?

Contamination is used as a noun. For example: “Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond.”

What is a short sentence with contamination?

“Uncontaminated groundwater is found upgradient of a contamination source.”

What does contamination mean?

Contamination means the act or process of contaminating.