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- noun Plural form of
synthetic .
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Examples
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But thatnearly allcondoms are not made of 100% natural latex, but contain synthetics?
ProWomanProLife » I knew contraception was good for something! 2009
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Someday your great grandfather will say… “i didnt like that book… it called synthetics ‘skinjobs’”
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Unseeded and ranked No. 66, the Brazilian won the first of three French Opens in 1997 using the popular Luxilon brand of synthetics, which is the choice of most pros.
USATODAY.com - Players experiment until their strings sing 2005
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Other than cultured pearls, no man-made commodity has ever truly supplanted such a natural treasure; so-called synthetics could make diamonds as common as quartz.
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These "synthetics" are distinguished from "simulants," such as glass or cubic zirconium, which merely imitate the appearance of precious gems.
Green Lantern: Environmentally friendly jewelry includes synthetic gemstones 2010
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And these may be "synthetics" that must win a specific exception.
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It smells perfectly lovely if you like sandalwood, which I do, and this perfume makes little use of synthetics which is nice.
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It smells perfectly lovely if you like sandalwood, which I do, and this perfume makes little use of synthetics which is nice.
La Coquette: 2008
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This leaves a whole lot of room for synthetics, which is why I read a product’s ingredients list the only way to tell before I consider it 100 percent natural, rather than accepting an “organic” label on the front.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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This leaves a whole lot of room for synthetics, which is why I read a product’s ingredients list the only way to tell before I consider it 100 percent natural, rather than accepting an “organic” label on the front.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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