DECOCTING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

decocting

verb

present participle of decoct

as in reducing

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Security analysts speculate that many are willing to talk about their bribes to politicians, in hopes of reducing their sentences.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The local manufacturing requirement is intended to strengthen Greece’s domestic defence sector while reducing dependence on foreign suppliers over the long term.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

Definition of reducing

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From tailored button-downs to cargo pants and jumpsuits, Aniston proves that repeating versatile basics and refining your personal uniform is the key to mastering quiet luxury style.

— Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026
Finance chiefs spend months refining the narrative, sharpening the metrics, and testing the waters with institutional investors to gauge whether the investment case will hold up once the market opens.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of refining

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Potential applications include purifying pyrolysis oil produced from waste plastics, recovering industrial solvents used in battery manufacturing, pharmaceutical purification, and biofuel production.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
The Dyson Purifier Cool Gen1 TP10 is another HEPA purifying tower fan featuring 350-degree oscillation, 10 fan modes, and Air Multiplier Technology.

— Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of purifying

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When purging categories was proposed during that period, it was met with fierce resistance from the Writers branch, as well as WGA.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 July 2026
That’s the upshot of purging most expensive veterans and investing in draft picks, as the Dolphins have.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Definition of purging

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Christina Monde, Pasadena’s city project manager for the Arroyo Seco project, attributed some of the opposition to misconceptions, such as that Pasadena is cleaning the water in order to irrigate a golf course.

— Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Any small scraps left behind after cleaning can also cause sparks during cooking.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 July 2026

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Of’s Frans bloomers, made to order from deadstock European fabric; mosaic Murano glasses, created using the Italian millefiori technique—each glass is one of one, distilling centuries of craft into a singular vessel.

— ALEX EAGLE, Vogue, 26 July 2026
Some experts dispute that Moonshot's new Kimi K3 could have been built primarily by distilling Anthropic's Fable, which has not been public for long.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of distilling

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This includes a walk-in shower, with a flushing toilet and a vanity sink, plus a small laundry nook with shelving, a washer/dryer, and a pull-out cart for clothes storage.

— Adam Williams July 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2026
The boom is lifting the value of farmland, driving up the cost of construction employment, and flushing huge sums to water and electrical utilities.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

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