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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 group decided to continue its offline work to distill the ideas into brief talking points to send forward.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
But Devers gave the impression of a hitter who would distill his thoughts to the opponent on the mound.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Then our recruiters verify and distill this information to determine competitive advantages in the marketplace and value proposition to candidates.
—Kathleen Duffy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Jobs could quickly ‘analyze what the conversation was really about’
One skill Jobs had was being able to distill a conversation down to its essence and deliver the core idea succinctly.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 June 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
But Devers gave the impression of a hitter who would distill his thoughts to the opponent on the mound.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Then our recruiters verify and distill this information to determine competitive advantages in the marketplace and value proposition to candidates.
—Kathleen Duffy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Jobs could quickly ‘analyze what the conversation was really about’
One skill Jobs had was being able to distill a conversation down to its essence and deliver the core idea succinctly.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distill
Verb
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This way, your brush can drip dry into your toilet.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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Alternative to drip irrigation: If drip irrigation isn’t an option, use a soaker hose, which releases water slowly along its length, allowing for deeper water penetration and less waste.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Then, just a few days before the first batch of players were due to report for pre-season training, the first reports started to filter through that something terrible had happened, more than 1,000 miles away, in the middle of the night.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Lessons from the Ukrainian battlefields have even filtered down into their training.—
James Brooks,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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Her communications director later clarified on X that Gillibrand had misspoken.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
30 June 2025
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The new law might not clarify what teachers can display.—
Emma Epperly,
Idaho Statesman,
28 June 2025
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Also featured are Alta Resource Technologies, using computational biochemistry to extract critical minerals like neodymium and gallium from e-waste, and Tidal Metals, which is pioneering magnesium extraction from seawater through a novel vapor adsorption system.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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That's been his dream since 2001, when Barron's then-tennis partner asked him to invest in a first-of-its-kind project to extract gold and other metals from a hydrothermal vent off the coast of Papua New Guinea.—
Daniel Ackerman,
NPR,
30 June 2025
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Similar in neo-Gothic style, but purified in form and detail.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Defenseless Christians in Nigeria and Syria have recently been attacked by extremists intent on purifying those lands for Islam.—
Nina Shea,
National Review,
30 June 2025
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“Distill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distill. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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