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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost contaminated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is nearly but not completely tainted or polluted.
Example: "The water supply was found to be almost contaminated, prompting immediate testing and precautionary measures."
Alternatives: "nearly polluted" or "partially tainted".
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The first detections of a few M⊙ dust freshly formed, which is much larger than expected, in Cassiopeia A (Cas A) and Kepler SN remnants (SNRs) by submillimeter observations with SCUBA (Dunne et al, 2003; Morgan et al., 2003) were almost contaminated by foreground dust in the ISM on the sight-lines (Krause et al, 2004; Gomez et al, 2009).
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What about contaminated seawater?
Because burns are almost always contaminated by soot, debris and dead tissue, infection is often a complication.
According to the study, central air-conditioning systems are almost always contaminated with microbes like bacteria, fungi and protozoa.
The steroid was almost certainly contaminated by a fungus, although final laboratory results are not yet in.
Anyone who doubts that our waters have become almost universally contaminated with insecticides might well study a brief report issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1960.
However the product is almost always contaminated with metal borides.
He only used 3 pieces of cloth and his bare hands, which then were almost certainly contaminated with NiV.
Commercially raised poultry was almost always contaminated with C. Jejuni (Blaser, 2000) and this transmission route may become more important in the future (Danis et al., 2009).
Yet, in Senator Daschle's office, in the Hart Senate Office building, in the room where the letter was opened (as well as outside the room) exposed persons' nasal mucosa were almost immediately contaminated (37).
There's also the matter of hygiene: dabbing the same sponge from face to cushion (almost certainly contaminating the product beneath) isn't ideal long-term.
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