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1. 1
   Initialism of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ortho-, meta-, and para- xylenes: toxic VOCs commonly found together, used in the chemical analysis of air and water to determine their quality and purity. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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