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  • noun Plural form of precipitator.

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Examples

  • It is frustrating seeing people poke fingers at the government and the oil industry as the main precipitators of the disaster that continues to unfold in the Gulf.

    on being happy with less 2010

  • It is frustrating seeing people poke fingers at the government and the oil industry as the main precipitators of the disaster that continues to unfold in the Gulf.

    tingilinde: 2010

  • It is frustrating seeing people poke fingers at the government and the oil industry as the main precipitators of the disaster that continues to unfold in the Gulf.

    General Commentary 2010

  • They are what psychologists call "precipitators," personal attributes that increase a person's likelihood of being criminally victimized.

    Psychology Today 2009

  • So miserable were investors and so low confidence that few noticed these precipitators of what’s steadily turned into another round of integrated global growth.

    The Aviation Boom Market Rick Whittington 2010

  • Electrostatic precipitators typically create ozone in small amounts, although Consumer Reports recommends against introducing anything to your home that emits ozone even in small amounts.

    California air-purifier regulations hit home 2010

  • Electrostatic precipitators typically create ozone in small amounts, although Consumer Reports recommends against introducing anything to your home that emits ozone even in small amounts.

    California air-purifier regulations hit home 2010

  • I've written before about the precipitators of this transformation: economic stress and social dislocation; preachers of hate (both neo-conservatives with their anti-Muslim and anti-Arab axes to grind); irresponsible mass media (including Fox News and a whole host of talk radio shows); and politicians (some eager to exploit fear for political advantage and others too afraid to demonstrate leadership).

    James Zogby: Nine Years Later 2010

  • I also believe—and science bears this out—that stress is one of the single greatest precipitators of accelerated aging.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • The harmful emissions can be reduced by installing scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators in the smokestacks of power plants.

    AP Environmental Science Chapter 13- Non-Renewable 2008

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