distill

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Recent Examples of distill The paintings and songs also poke fun at the tradition of polling—this quixotic attempt to distill the desires of millions into tidy figures. Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Rosin bags are made from a sap that’s pulled from pine trees in Honduras, then boiled to distill out the turpentine. Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025 She’s been a celebrity go-to for years—lending her undetectable blending, illuminating, and accentuating prowess to the likes of Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz for year; and now, somehow managing to distill her artistry in a line of products that feel expert, yes, but shockingly approachable. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 23 May 2025 And the end of the de minimis exemption for Chinese goods will also distill abstract, complicated, messy, hard-to-follow trade policy into something much easier to understand: a receipt. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for distill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distill
Verb
  • But a special energy crackles in the grandstands when a hitter who drips with danger steps to the plate.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • The liquid caught on his glasses and dripped into his eyes.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Mocktails, juices, a self-serve soda station, specialty coffees, and filtered water stations round out the options.
    Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
  • Thoughtfully human moments are filtered through surrealist imagery and ventriloquist dolls.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this week, Al Hilal’s CEO Esteve Calzada clarified that Inzaghi had not signed before Inter played Paris Saint-Germain in Munich.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • The company clarified that prices for parties of five or more will have an additional upcharge.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Once extracted, researchers began to compare the genetic material discovered to previous samples.
    Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
  • In November 2022, President Joe Biden issued a license to allow the oil company Chevron to evade sanctions in order to extract oil in Venezuela.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Biogas’s new plant, called Hidden Hollow Energy, purifies the gas coming out of the landfill and turns it into fuel for buses, trucks and other large vehicles, Tryon said.
    Sarah Cutler June 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
  • The ore is purified, dissolved in hot acid and converted into uranium hexafluoride (UF6), a gaseous compound.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

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