as in pure
free from added matter
purified water that was now safe to drink
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as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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Recent Examples of purified
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
The work was done in mice using a purified form of phytic acid.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Cetaphil’s face serum uses purified peptides to improve your skin’s elasticity and reduce the appearance of lines.
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Lauren Taylor,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
The report finds that purified terephthalic acid production and monoethylene glycol, used to polymerize polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, are the biggest contributors across nearly all environmental impact categories.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
The Metropolitan Water District already is planning a large new facility in Carson to transform wastewater into purified drinking water.
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Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.
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Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
This will require recurring cost, however, making the recurring purchase of purified water for a filterless humidifier is just as suitable a solution.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.
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Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.
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New York Times,
31 May 2026
This is a far more advanced and valuable product that requires graphite to be purified, shaped, coated, and graphitized before it can be used inside batteries.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
Inside these trains, natural gas is purified and cooled to about –260 degrees Fahrenheit (–162 degrees Celsius), below the boiling point of methane.
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Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
When the characters played by Carey Mulligan and Kaden Leos begin to tiptoe into that void, Gosling sells the Driver’s transition into a man finally come alive, revitalized by love and purified by violence.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.
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Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
The indoor pool is purified with ozone.
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Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
This was a mouse study using a purified research-grade form of phytic acid, not the kind on your dinner plate.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
The work was done in mice using a purified form of phytic acid.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Cetaphil’s face serum uses purified peptides to improve your skin’s elasticity and reduce the appearance of lines.
—
Lauren Taylor,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
The report finds that purified terephthalic acid production and monoethylene glycol, used to polymerize polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, are the biggest contributors across nearly all environmental impact categories.
—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
The Metropolitan Water District already is planning a large new facility in Carson to transform wastewater into purified drinking water.
—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.
—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
This will require recurring cost, however, making the recurring purchase of purified water for a filterless humidifier is just as suitable a solution.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
But that doesn’t matter because that’s been purified.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.
—
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.
—
New York Times,
31 May 2026
This is a far more advanced and valuable product that requires graphite to be purified, shaped, coated, and graphitized before it can be used inside batteries.
—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
Inside these trains, natural gas is purified and cooled to about –260 degrees Fahrenheit (–162 degrees Celsius), below the boiling point of methane.
—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
When the characters played by Carey Mulligan and Kaden Leos begin to tiptoe into that void, Gosling sells the Driver’s transition into a man finally come alive, revitalized by love and purified by violence.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.
—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
The indoor pool is purified with ozone.
—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purified
Adjective
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Couples who stay close over the long haul rarely run on pure self-sacrifice.
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What ensued was 90 minutes of pure sound.
Verb
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At various points during his interview with Sobchak, Dugin called the sport of surfing evil and said that its practitioners should be purged.
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Burgum purged the department of roughly 13,000 staffers last year and announced efforts to reduce its workforce by even more in April.
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In an adjoining installation, nude collaborators floated inside a dunk tank flanked by port-a-potties; visitors were encouraged to use (the urine was filtered into the tank).
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The 25, also non-chill filtered, is bottled at 47 percent ABV (94 proof), and that higher proof goes a long way to unlocking the flavor here.
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The Tribune analyzed immigration court data obtained and refined by the research group Deportation Data Project.
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Could the denominator be further refined in order to get even closer to our irrational target?
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While many assumed the jewelry designer had a hand in designing her engagement ring, Meyer clarified in the comments that the proposal — and the ring — were all Ogunlesi's doing.
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ChristianaCare officials clarified he was not fired before the alleged shooting.
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Data was extracted from Action, the case management system used by prosecutors’ offices across the state, and shared by the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council.
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The material was extracted from coal gangue, which is the ultra-hard, toxic rock waste left behind after mining and washing coal.
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“Purified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purified. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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