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Recent Examples of preservative
What’s not in it is the alphabet soup of preservative enhancements that the health-minded crowd tries to avoid.
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Summer temperatures in Andalusia routinely exceeded one hundred degrees, and though the underbudgeted archive lacked air conditioning, the dryness of the air in Seville had a preservative effect.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
In one of its first actions, the new advisory committee called for the removal of the preservative thimerosal used in a small fraction of flu vaccines, even though safety concerns about it have also been debunked.
—NPR, 20 Nov. 2025
In its first meeting, for instance, Kennedy’s ACIP voted to remove recommendations for flu vaccines that contain the preservative thimerosal, following the counsel of an anti-vaccine activist.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Summer temperatures in Andalusia routinely exceeded one hundred degrees, and though the underbudgeted archive lacked air conditioning, the dryness of the air in Seville had a preservative effect.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
In one of its first actions, the new advisory committee called for the removal of the preservative thimerosal used in a small fraction of flu vaccines, even though safety concerns about it have also been debunked.
—NPR, 20 Nov. 2025
In its first meeting, for instance, Kennedy’s ACIP voted to remove recommendations for flu vaccines that contain the preservative thimerosal, following the counsel of an anti-vaccine activist.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preservative
protective
Adjective
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Frequent chlorine exposure strips hair of its natural protective oils, which can leave it weak and dry.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
20 May 2026
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The instructor then contacted child protective services, triggering the investigation.—
Joe Nelson,
Daily News,
20 May 2026
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“Preservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preservative. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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