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also distil
1
as in to drip
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily
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2
as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron
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Recent Examples of distill
The weeklong, multidisciplinary residential courses, established in 2024, are an attempt to distill the singular magic of the oldest university in the English-speaking world and serve it up as an enriching vacation.
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Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
His poems distilled the tension between belonging and alienation, capturing a society where every day life persisted under the long shadow of armed checkpoints and simmering mistrust.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
This marks the eighth study of the impact of Kentucky’s distilling industry on the state economy since 2009.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Feb. 2026
Choreographed to perfection, yet not in a way that felt forced in the slightest, Bono and company distilled their brilliant Elevation Tour into a spellbinding three-song set that found the band performing while names of terrorist victims were shown on the big screen.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
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Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
His poems distilled the tension between belonging and alienation, capturing a society where every day life persisted under the long shadow of armed checkpoints and simmering mistrust.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
This marks the eighth study of the impact of Kentucky’s distilling industry on the state economy since 2009.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Feb. 2026
Choreographed to perfection, yet not in a way that felt forced in the slightest, Bono and company distilled their brilliant Elevation Tour into a spellbinding three-song set that found the band performing while names of terrorist victims were shown on the big screen.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distill
Verb
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Sweat dripped, pulses pounded, and for a fleeting few hours, nothing beyond the walls of (SUB)MERCER seemed to matter, offering a rare escape no one seemed ready to let go of.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Antnation Boho Smocked Top Set This $37 boho set is a one-and-done spring travel outfit that’s dripping in carefree, vacation-ready style.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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Prospective umpires get filtered into the minor leagues from there.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The chip first filters out irrelevant visual data and identifies only key changes in a scene.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Within twenty-four hours, more than five thousand leads poured in.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Atwood had done what Mary had asked and poured everything into her daughter.—
Peter Warren,
Houston Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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In reality, the project and its progressive defenders fed those forces rather than clarified them.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Republicans framed the bathroom and driver’s license bill as an addendum clarifying the intent of a separate 2023 bill barring trans women from accessing female-only spaces.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Insulating silicone gaskets and foam silicone pads isolate the electronics and fans at the bottom from heat above; a fine steel mesh allows air to flow upwards from the fans, while preventing debris from falling into the componentry.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2026
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Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the bucks expired.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The board ultimately refined it.—
Steven Mihailovich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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My hunch is the space will be refined, thoughtful, open and airy and architecturally modern, with deliberate nods to Japanese artwork, furniture and design.—
Shindy Chen
February 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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At the slime making station, guests will have the option to add scents extracted from real flowers.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from extraterrestrial rocks.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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But all of those religions are teaching us how to purify our minds and become a good person in our society.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Distill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distill. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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