as in to excuse
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses
the propaganda film attempts to deodorize the dictator's history of human rights abuses
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Recent Examples of deodorize
This is applied inside the bowl itself and helps to deodorize and clean the bowl with every flush.
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
The lavender-scented repairing heel balm taps vegan squalane, organic virgin olive oil and macadamia and jojoba oils to deodorize and repair.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
What is the best way to clean and deodorize a dishwasher?
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2025
Sprinkle a couple of teaspoons of baking soda in the toilet to help deodorize and clean the bowl.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
The lavender-scented repairing heel balm taps vegan squalane, organic virgin olive oil and macadamia and jojoba oils to deodorize and repair.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
What is the best way to clean and deodorize a dishwasher?
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2025
Sprinkle a couple of teaspoons of baking soda in the toilet to help deodorize and clean the bowl.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deodorize
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The abused person may excuse their abusive partner’s behavior and even blame themselves. 6.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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No one watching in good faith could’ve mistaken her for excusing the marchers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
1 May 2025
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This is where cryopreservation comes in, explains seed- and cryobiologist Manuela Nagel of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, co-author of an article on cryopreservation in the 2024 Annual Review of Plant Biology.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Plus, writer-director Paul Feig explains how true-crime podcasts inspired the film's murderous methods.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 May 2025
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The Guardians didn’t feel Gimenez offered enough offense to justify his long-term contract, which becomes increasingly expensive.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Reports indicate that some Republican senators have been weighing whether eliminating the California rules justifies breaking that norm.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
1 May 2025
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Last month, Brendan Ballou, one of the Jan. 6 prosecutors who resigned after Trump took office told CBS News the pardons and firings were an effort to whitewash history.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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So did the fresco: It was plastered over in 1566, when the entire room was whitewashed, perhaps because that style of painting was no longer appreciated, Popple said.—
Clara Vannucci,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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The tremors can be so muffled and distant that people continually adapt, explaining away the anomalies.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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However easy that is to explain away, that factoid remains kind of interesting.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Deodorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deodorize. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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