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Recent Examples of sludge
Instead of simply breaking down the sludge, the system turns it into something useful.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
More than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry breached a containment pond, inundating 300 acres with toxic sludge and contaminating nearby waterways.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the same period.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Nationally, more than half of sewage sludge was treated and spread on land, according to one study; 19 billion pounds of it was spread on American farms between 2016 and 2021, the nonprofit Environmental Working Group found in 2022.
—Alejandra Martinez, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
More than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry breached a containment pond, inundating 300 acres with toxic sludge and contaminating nearby waterways.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the same period.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Nationally, more than half of sewage sludge was treated and spread on land, according to one study; 19 billion pounds of it was spread on American farms between 2016 and 2021, the nonprofit Environmental Working Group found in 2022.
—Alejandra Martinez, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sludge
Noun
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Offensively, the Bucks can’t keep playing in mud while the Pacers are playing on a fastbreak runway.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The other features walls and a wooden pyramid installation covered in yellow mud.—
Emily Wilson,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Most gasoline sold across the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol, but 15% blends are becoming increasingly common, particularly in the Midwest, where most of the nation’s corn is grown.—
John Hanna,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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Going the other way, a $1.75 U.S. bushel of corn would have been 3.52 deutschmarks in January 1981, but 5.55 deutschmarks in 1985.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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At Gropius Bau, black goo dripped from a handblown hourglass counting down specifically to the end of the exhibition.—
Emily McDermott,
ARTnews.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Sludge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sludge. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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