as in poisoning
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
outmoded factories polluting the air
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Recent Examples of polluting
Perversely, this exemption may encourage companies to switch to highly-polluting diesel engines to avoid idling fines.
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Chris Hartmann,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
In the Sunshine State, there is no good reason to keep polluting, high-maintenance coal generators in service.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
And putting data centers into orbit may help companies avoid the community backlash against data centers and the sometimes polluting power plants installed to run them on Earth.
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Ashley Capoot,cj Haddad,samantha Subin,lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Meta has denied that its Georgia data center is polluting waters.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for polluting
Chris Hartmann,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
In the Sunshine State, there is no good reason to keep polluting, high-maintenance coal generators in service.
—
Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
And putting data centers into orbit may help companies avoid the community backlash against data centers and the sometimes polluting power plants installed to run them on Earth.
—
Ashley Capoot,cj Haddad,samantha Subin,lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Meta has denied that its Georgia data center is polluting waters.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polluting
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One of Robinson's attorneys, Kathryn Nester, also represented Kouri Richins, who was convicted of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, in March 2022.
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Lewis was accused of poisoning two white female housemates, assaulted by a white mob in response to the charge, and acquitted in court, only to then be accused of stealing art supplies and prohibited from reënrolling.
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Barrera hasn’t turned on Quintero’s air conditioner for fear of contaminating the house.
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Until the 1990s, the power company disposed of over 1 million tons of coal ash in an unlined storage area in Pines, later contaminating the groundwater that supplied the town of 700.
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District Court Judge Tony Graf ordered measures to prevent the comments by Utah County prosecutor Christopher Ballard from tainting potential jurors should the case go to trial.
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The case has attracted enormous media attention and concerns from both sides about misinformation tainting the potential jury pool.
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“Polluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polluting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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