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as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants
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as in cleaned
to remove the dirt from
cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage
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Recent Examples of cleansed
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Allen cleansed himself in the process.
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Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Under eclipses, artifacts will also be corrupted and have drawbacks that can be cleansed by beating the world’s Overlord.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
My skin was quenched and cleansed at once, and Vargas’ fluency in her craft made the time absolutely fly by.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Mar. 2026
The goal in the West Bank is to create a homogenous ethnicity in a space that is being cleansed of Palestinians, and to expand the Israeli footprint there.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
These systems depend on relevant, organized, cleansed and secure data to perform, but estimates suggest that less than 1% of enterprise data is suitable for AI consumption.
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Sean Nathaniel,
Forbes.com,
26 Feb. 2026
When one heart is cleansed, the vibration of wholeness ripples outward.
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Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Once your face is cleansed, don’t reach for your face towel just yet.
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Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
Once your makeup is removed and your face is cleansed, add a hydrating cream like the All About Eyes Lightweight Eye Cream, then use the De-Puffing Eye Roller in the morning to awaken and brighten your eyes for the day.
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Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Allen cleansed himself in the process.
—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Under eclipses, artifacts will also be corrupted and have drawbacks that can be cleansed by beating the world’s Overlord.
—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
My skin was quenched and cleansed at once, and Vargas’ fluency in her craft made the time absolutely fly by.
—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Mar. 2026
The goal in the West Bank is to create a homogenous ethnicity in a space that is being cleansed of Palestinians, and to expand the Israeli footprint there.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
These systems depend on relevant, organized, cleansed and secure data to perform, but estimates suggest that less than 1% of enterprise data is suitable for AI consumption.
—
Sean Nathaniel,
Forbes.com,
26 Feb. 2026
When one heart is cleansed, the vibration of wholeness ripples outward.
—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Once your face is cleansed, don’t reach for your face towel just yet.
—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleansed
Adjective
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The duvet set includes two pillowcases and a duvet cover made from 100 percent cotton that’s pre-washed to ensure softness from night one and designed to mimic the appearance of crisp linen.
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Pre-washed rice has already been rinsed, so washing it again is unnecessary.
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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.
Verb
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Heavy spills or splatters should always be cleaned right away.
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Tahoe officials have been vigilant, ensuring all boats are cleaned, drained and dry before launching into Lake Tahoe.
Adjective
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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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The work was done in mice using a purified form of phytic acid.
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The palettes are often chalky and austere—bleached grays, oxidized browns—and the subject matter can blur into undifferentiated bulk.
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Nippon Dynawave employs hundreds to produce bleached paperboard that is used to make cartons and containers for products like juice and milk.
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Rub a small amount of oil, like mayonnaise or vegetable oil, on the whitened area; natural oils should suffice.
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These conditions had much higher fatality rates in 1776 because Americans had no antibiotics, few vaccines, no understanding of germ theory, no sterile surgical techniques and limited access to hospitals, experts note.
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Officials will begin to release sterile male mosquitoes in Rosemont next week to reduce the spread of Aedes aegypti, a disease-carrying invasive mosquito, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announced Wednesday.
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Here's what our pros recommend for dusting your bedroom to keep it sanitary and easy to breathe in.
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It is treated similar to sanitary waste.
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“Cleansed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleansed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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