mussiness

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Noun
  • Steel and iron: Steel and iron production generate about 7% of global emissions with centuries-old blast furnace processes that use intense heat to melt iron ore and burn off impurities.
    Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
  • Fillers are a difficult-to-define category of miscellaneous food ingredients that are often maligned as purposeless impurities intended to cut cost, which, it could be argued, is itself a purpose.
    Ali Bouzari, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • His novels explore the moral squalor of all wars, justified or not.
    Rav Grewal-Kök June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
  • The film’s sheer, unrelenting squalor can wear you down, too.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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“Mussiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mussiness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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