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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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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
Drawing on extensive reporting across the state, The Dallas Morning News distilled each candidate’s political pitch into three core questions.
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Of course, that would have been a very different whisky in one significant way—it was distilled before the Glenmorangie company acquired the distillery in 1997 (it was later acquired by LVMH) after a period of sporadic shutdowns over the previous decade.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2026
The mountain is incredibly hypnotic when catching the pearly hues of the first and last light of day and distils the unearthly beauty of the Himalayas into one gorgeous frame.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2026
Robert Bresson, in seeking the essence of sin and grace in the slightest gesture, largely eschewed professionals in order to distill performance to embodiment.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Of course, that would have been a very different whisky in one significant way—it was distilled before the Glenmorangie company acquired the distillery in 1997 (it was later acquired by LVMH) after a period of sporadic shutdowns over the previous decade.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2026
The mountain is incredibly hypnotic when catching the pearly hues of the first and last light of day and distils the unearthly beauty of the Himalayas into one gorgeous frame.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2026
Robert Bresson, in seeking the essence of sin and grace in the slightest gesture, largely eschewed professionals in order to distill performance to embodiment.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distill
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The result is a warm, bold, addictive fragrance that drips with sensuality and femininity, down to the curves of its signature gold and glass figure-eight amphora.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Animal Control was also called to the home in concern for the dog's safety due to blood still dripping from her privates four weeks into her heat cycle.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
2 Mar. 2026
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Once this storm heads east by Thursday afternoon, cooler and drier weather will filter in with temperatures closer to our March normals of 50 degrees and 71 degrees.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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The tour uses Signify Group’s Threat Matrix service, which is designed to help protect players on social media by detecting and filtering out abusive messages through a combination of AI and human analysts.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana in Texas, the nation’s largest ICE detention facility, at a rate of nearly one a day for five months, each its own tale of pain and despair.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Miller recorded a double-double, pouring in 22 points to go with 13 rebounds, and fell five assists shy of recording his first career triple-double.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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The guidance followed an investigation into then-Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who had been accused of violating the agency’s selective disclosure rules through a Facebook post, an incident that ultimately led the SEC to clarify how companies could use social platforms to share material information.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The order clarified a regulation that has existed since Israel’s founding.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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In experiments, heaters made from these fibers delivered significantly higher heating power per unit mass than traditional metal-alloy elements when exposed to flowing gases.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sweeney admitted that watching teams around him in the standings making moves – the Islanders landed Schenn, the Blue Jackets got Garland and Detroit acquired Faulk – got the competitive juices flowing.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Future hypersonic platform The aircraft is the latest in a series of prototypes designed to rapidly test and refine technologies needed for high-Mach flight.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Share a draft with a trusted friend, then use their notes to refine the final pass.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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Training the controllers The controllers of the humanoid robot were trained on dynamic parkour motions extracted from the dataset, using reinforcement learning.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The nations that survive will be those that own the technology to extract and move energy with extreme efficiency; thereby, replacing massive, vulnerable, and centralized global hubs with resilient, decentralized domestic resources.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a nutshell, wastewater recycling works by first physically filtering the water, then subjecting it to reverse osmosis, and finally purifying it with ultraviolet light.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
25 Feb. 2026
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Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Distill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distill. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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