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pollutant

noun

pol·​lut·​ant pə-ˈlü-tᵊnt How to pronounce pollutant (audio)
: something that pollutes

Example Sentences

filtered the pollutants out of the water
Recent Examples on the Web Every acre of kelp planted removes nitrogen (a pollutant from human waste) from the water at 10 times the rate of the nitrogen-reducing septic systems now mandated for new homes in all of Suffolk County. New York Times, 10 June 2022 This case concerns a legal challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022 On Wednesday, the Navy told state officials the source of pollutant in the Red Hill Shaft was identified as jet fuel, health department spokesperson Kaitlyn Arita-Chang told CNN. Tina Burnside And Kelly Mccleary, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021 Such systems cannot remove nitrogen, the main pollutant of concern. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022 In some cases, their equipment measured this small particulate pollutant at nearly twice the levels picked up by the corresponding EPA system. Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2022 Yet industry watchdogs like Marcie Keever at environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth caution that LNG is merely a distraction and yet another significant pollutant. CNN, 21 Apr. 2022 Air quality in the West barely meets the EPA’s standard for one type of air pollutant. NBC News, 22 Mar. 2022 Other speakers said the county should install methane capture systems at landfills, noting that reducing methane, a short-term but potent climate pollutant, can have immediate benefits in slowing climate change. Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pollutant was in 1892

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