distilled

past tense of distill

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Recent Examples of distilled Almost everything on the menu grows, swims, or gets distilled within a few kilometers of the kitchen. Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026 In this case, the whiskey was distilled from January to June of 2015, and aged for a full 11 years in new American oak barrels. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026 Viewers, including any lawmakers who may have seen it, are invited into an idealized and privileged environment, where the complexity of the choice to die is aesthetically contained and emotionally distilled. Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026 The whiskey was originally distilled between January and June 2015, then aged for 11 years in #3 char American oak barrels. David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 After all, what is the nationality of an American model distilled from a Chinese model that was distilled from an American model? Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 July 2026 His Medite-Grecian approach is distilled across both restaurants here. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 White House advisor Michael Kratsios said last week that Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable model to develop Kimi K3, which is one of several open-weight offerings out of China that are cheaper than those of OpenAI or Anthropic. Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 July 2026 All Bardstown bourbons are distilled from a mash bill featuring 72 percent corn, 13 percent rye, and 15 percent barley. Molly Burford, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distilled
Verb
  • Despite the flow of cold air from the gap in the doorjamb, every first-floor window dripped with condensation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Present subtext dripped from his words of the past, as the city of Denver hopes Payton has found a next great one, two decades later.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Instead, to view a partial solar eclipse, people should use solar eclipse glasses that are properly filtered.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas City artists, comedians, entrepreneurs and other figures from the city’s nightlife scene filtered through the business, including people who had shared stages, studios and social spaces with McGee.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Dreaming up ‘The Curse of a Forsaken Heart’ was the first time my creative voice poured back in.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The victim was left naked on a floor with head injuries and broken ribs, and one attacker poured floor cleaner onto his open wounds.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Prices for gasoline, which is refined from crude oil, and other fuels and energy products were also higher as a result.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Concurrently, Iran has reportedly refined its Shahed-107 loitering munitions, enhancing their lethality based on combat experience, and continues supplying Russia with drones and ballistic missiles.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Both Kpler and Windward showed around five ships – total – exited the Strait of Hormuz on the day Wright said 20 million barrels flowed out of the Arab gulf region.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In Nebraska, millions of federal grant dollars have flowed to a statewide health information exchange nonprofit that has cooperated with the effort.
    Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Some experts argue for keeping the status quo, saying a ban on selling fossils would mean that important specimens would remain undiscovered or be illegally extracted and sold on the black market.
    Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • After carefully selecting specimens with reliable dates and locations, the team extracted DNA using techniques designed for highly degraded historical samples.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Tuesday, David Berman of the Eastern District clarified that the Eastern District did not mean to imply through the filing that Rozier was part of a gang.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The sheriff's office had initially stated that two people were injured, but Houston County Sheriff Matt Moulton later clarified that only one person was hurt.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Distilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distilled. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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