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Examples of nitrite in a Sentence
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This isn’t the first time researchers have considered the link between nitrites/nitrates and migraine.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2024
Lunch meat, Velazquez said, is a good example of this—it’s often processed with nitrites, which have been associated with colorectal cancer.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 10 Feb. 2024
Uncured Ham Uncured ham is, confusingly, also cured, just without the addition of synthetic nitrites and nitrates.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2024
Correction: July 17, 2023 An earlier version of this article incorrectly described nitrites as containing three oxygen atoms rather than two.
—Saugat Bolakhe, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2023
The wells will turn pink if there’s any nitrite, so the pinker the scan, the more nitrite there is.
—Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
After the initial nitrite stops working, the nitrate molecules (NO3) give up oxygen atoms and turn into additional nitrite to finish the job.
—Cameron Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2021
What is more, says Domínguez, studies suggest that the benefits of dietary nitrate are larger when they’re ingested in beets and other vegetables, and not as salts — mainly due to the vegetables’ vitamin C and polyphenols, which help reduce the nitrite to nitric oxide in the stomach.
—Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2019
Camryn Swift, 14, dipped a test tube into the fish tank and squeezed a few chemical drops into the tube to test for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites, and pH levels.
—Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1788, in the meaning defined above
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“Nitrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitrite. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
nitrite
noun
ni·trite
ˈnī-ˌtrīt
: a salt of a certain unstable nitrogen-containing acid that is known only in solution or in the form of its salts
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