Examples of purity in a Sentence
struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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This emphasis on both design purity and technical refinement elevates the Sweptail beyond a typical bespoke build.
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Her campaign emphasized steady governance over ideological purity.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Those principles don’t require purity tests or personality cults.
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The trans community itself was as fissured as any other, full of arguments about purity and authenticity.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Her campaign emphasized steady governance over ideological purity.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Those principles don’t require purity tests or personality cults.
—Brilyn Hollyhand, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The trans community itself was as fissured as any other, full of arguments about purity and authenticity.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purity. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē 
1
: the quality or state of being pure : freedom from impurities
2
: freedom from guilt or sin
Medical Definition
purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē
: the quality or state of being pure
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