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as in refined
to remove usually visible impurities from
clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits
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as in explained
to make plain or understandable
it would help if you could clarify your position for us
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Recent Examples of clarified
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
Learn more about clarified butter and how to channel Martha when preparing the day’s most important meal.
—Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
However, Barrera later clarified her comments and denounced antisemitism.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The 40-year-old clarified that the bizarre prosthetic isn't visible in the film's final cut.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
This tidbit has spurred more theorizing about producers hoping Davidson’s tics would go viral, though audiences are routinely mic’d up at awards shows, and BAFTA later clarified that the microphone was monitoring EQ levels rather than amplifying sound.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Cummings, who had ordered the government to recirculate the policy nationwide in compliance with the decree, granted the government a delay in recirculating the policy while the parties clarified the misunderstanding.
—Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Linehan clarified repeatedly that the legislation wouldn’t ban energy drinks.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the deal clarified that the Cowboys’ offer was just under $7 million, which would still make Aubrey the highest-paid at his position.
—Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
The president is keen, however, to up the 10 percent rate to 15 percent in the coming days, the USTR Ambassador clarified.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
These songs have the clarified rush of an emotional pressure change, like the sensation of removing foam earplugs.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
Learn more about clarified butter and how to channel Martha when preparing the day’s most important meal.
—Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
Reps for Paramount and the European Commission clarified that Gordon’s comments relate to approvals from the foreign direct investment (FDI) authorities for Germany and Slovenia, and don’t relate to competition.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
However, Barrera later clarified her comments and denounced antisemitism.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The 40-year-old clarified that the bizarre prosthetic isn't visible in the film's final cut.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
This tidbit has spurred more theorizing about producers hoping Davidson’s tics would go viral, though audiences are routinely mic’d up at awards shows, and BAFTA later clarified that the microphone was monitoring EQ levels rather than amplifying sound.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Cummings, who had ordered the government to recirculate the policy nationwide in compliance with the decree, granted the government a delay in recirculating the policy while the parties clarified the misunderstanding.
—Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Linehan clarified repeatedly that the legislation wouldn’t ban energy drinks.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the deal clarified that the Cowboys’ offer was just under $7 million, which would still make Aubrey the highest-paid at his position.
—Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
The president is keen, however, to up the 10 percent rate to 15 percent in the coming days, the USTR Ambassador clarified.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarified
Verb
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In turn, that filtered into the earnings beat.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Eco effort Water from the lake is pumped from depths of 164 feet and filtered into the hotel’s air conditioning system to cool the rooms in summer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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Big productivity gains might have explained things, but government data showed no sign of them.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Among young adults with rectal cancer, 41% report rectal bleeding as their first symptom, compared with 27% of older adults, Dahut explained.—
Dr. Ishani D. Premaratne,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Choose aloe vera juice that has been decolorized and purified.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
3 Mar. 2026
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Today, Prairie Waters provides up to 10 million gallons per day of purified reuse water, with long-term plans to expand capacity to as much as 50 million gallons per day.—
Mike Coffman,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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The company and its advertising team refined the commercials, and within two years Aflac’s US sales had doubled.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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His teams aren’t always the most talented or refined, but every Spartan opponent knows to bring a hardhat and some extra ice packs.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Though the sirens have not yet been fully brought online, their effectiveness was illustrated during a recent test run.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The scope of what may be going undetected is illustrated by a striking statistical pattern.—
Marc Joffe,
Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Training the controllers The controllers of the humanoid robot were trained on dynamic parkour motions extracted from the dataset, using reinforcement learning.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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To gain a more complete picture Rahman and Galib chemically extracted and analyzed the various rice proteins from brown rice, kernels, and rice bran.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Mar. 2026
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By cooling an atomically thin crystal of nickel phosphorus trisulfide, or NiPS3, the team observed a full sequence of exotic magnetic phases predicted in the 1970s but never fully demonstrated in a single system.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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So far, the UAE has demonstrated an impressive capability with air defenses, but if Iran continues to target civilians, Abu Dhabi will undoubtedly flex its offensive capabilities.—
Tareq Alotaiba,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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About 10 minutes into the party, pure silence blanketed the room.—
Sofia Zarran,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Young is pure New York, having grown up at Sleepy Hollow when his father was the head pro.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Clarified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarified. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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