as in draining
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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 decanting
Generally, blood bank technicians have had to work on decanting these layers one unit at a time in order to produce the distinct products that are routinely used to treat everything from severe blood loss to cancer.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Wide-mouth jars with screw-on lids for decanting pantry goods and for storing leftovers in the fridge.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Wide-mouth jars with screw-on lids for decanting pantry goods and for storing leftovers in the fridge.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decanting
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Clay-heavy soils under many Michigan roads, especially around Metro Detroit, trap moisture rather than draining it.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Public schools in Florida are funded on a per-student basis, and schools that operate at about half capacity or less typically do not generate enough money to be self-supporting, instead draining the district’s budget.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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Your adrenaline’s pumping [after] being out for a while.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Lavrenov is still pumping his fist and yelling to no one in particular after an inspired play because of what the sport means to him.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Coffee Grounds When emptying your coffee maker, toss the extra grounds into the trash (or hold onto them for one of the activities described below), but do not pour them down the drain, Vanessa Terra Bossart, the owner of Green Terra Cleaning, warns.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
25 Jan. 2026
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Tom’s company is responsible for renting out and maintaining those toilets, including weekly cleanings, restocking supplies and emptying up to 60 gallons of waste from each unit with one of Bay Area Sanitation’s 12 vacuum pumper trucks.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.
Mickey Todiwala,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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Safety Kam Curl made a sliding catch at the Rams’ 22, and sucking the oxygen out of the 60,253 at Soldier Field.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
19 Jan. 2026
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This includes applying a tourniquet and cutting, sucking or icing the wound.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Decanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decanting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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