as in drained
formal
to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another
The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal.
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Recent Examples of decanted
Labels on airtight containers help identify ingredients at a glance, even when the packaging is removed or the contents are decanted.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Unused guest toiletries are decanted for use in staff changing rooms.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Unused guest toiletries are decanted for use in staff changing rooms.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decanted
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The Huskies drained five 3-pointers in the third after hitting just four in the first half with Ziebell knocking down a pair in the final two minutes of the quarter.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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CEOs are struggling to switch off, Ko says, and making high-stakes decisions while their mental batteries are drained.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Hundreds of Indian border villages have emptied out as residents move to towns and cities in other parts of the country.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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In the Philippines, the game arrived with the colonialist American military presence, and when the bases emptied, control of the enclaves passed seamlessly to the ruling local elite.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ever since, the Joint Legislative Budget Commission has pumped unspent appropriations into the fund, despite a lack of appropriate controls.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
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Fullerton is in the process of drafting a charter now to put before voters and leaders in Fountain Valley were considering a charter, but pumped the brakes on that idea in January.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere, elites are framed as bureaucratic, academic know-it-alls – and get sucked into the culture war in the process.—
Alexa Beck,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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These glass valves sucked up power by the hundreds of watts each and pumped out a lot of waste heat.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Decanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decanted. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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