distills

variants also distils
present tense third-person singular of distill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for distills
Verb
  • Kirsh drips with chilly, sneering contempt for the non-mechanical.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Brown removes his hooded sweatshirt and walks to another end of the train car as blood drips onto the floor behind him.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Earth’s atmosphere filters out shorter wavelengths like blue and violet, refracting the longer red and orange wavelengths toward the moon.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of going dark, some sunlight still reaches the moon, glowing red because Earth’s atmosphere bends and filters the sunlight.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over the coming months, key product drops, collection launches, new platform offering and in-store experiences, will be revealed.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This image captured through a submarine periscope shows a hit on a sea target after a United States B-2 bomber drops a QUICKSINK bomb over the Norwegian Sea on September 3, 2025.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Uncertainty has also been reduced by the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill in July, which clarifies questions around tax policy and provides incentives for corporations to invest while also boosting their free cash flow generation in many cases.
    Jeffrey Schulze, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The website clarifies that Kith Ivy will host an Erewhon Tonic Bar (sorry, not the full grocery store) for members.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Superman trickles into the first episode of Peacemaker Season 2.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The scented concept trickles down to all areas, from the Olfactory Check-in enabling guests to choose a fragrance and therefore the matching suite, to the Olfactory Aperitif, where scented cocktails are served.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hadid designed a rainwater collection and a water management system, which stores and purifies water from local wetlands and helps prevent flooding.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Astronauts get most of their water from an advanced water recycling system that collects and purifies wastewater.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Distills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distills. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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