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preservative

[pri-zur-vuh-tiv] / prɪˈzɜr və tɪv /


NOUN
hygienic preserver
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NOUN
chemical compound
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Costco’s famed $4.99 rotisserie chicken is under fire in a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that the big box warehouse falsely advertised that its birds were preservative free.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

More than 700,000 of those products contained at least one preservative.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2026

However, direct evidence linking preservative intake to type 2 diabetes in large human populations has been limited until now.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2026

In the study, 40 babies were injected with vaccines containing thimerosal, while a control group of 21 babies got shots that did not contain the preservative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

The cant of the ship made for hard pushing, but under their combined effort, the spool slowly rumbled forward, crunching over blistered preservative paint and loosened metal deck plates.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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