distills

variants also distils
present tense third-person singular of distill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for distills
Verb
  • Kristen Scott Thomas, an actress who drips contempt with the acidity of a xenomorph’s blood, doesn’t want to waste time on Roddy’s romantic delusion.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That information drips out in the regular media but is almost nonexistent on social media.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This level of caring and personal openness—owning mistakes is part of being present as a whole person—filters into the business culture.
    Adam Gale, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In a separate field a country block away from the bioreactor, Rulon and TNC installed a second project that also filters out nutrients but uses a different tactic.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The seabed drops abruptly to a plateau.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Another demo, intended to show robots loading laundry into a washer-dryer, meets a similar hitch twice in a row, when a Figure 02 drops a piece of laundry on the floor and is unable to pick it up.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Proposition 411 clarifies the city manager’s role.
    Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The script never changed, Cregger clarifies.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The theme trickles down to accessories, MCM’s bread and butter, with judo belts wrapped around its signature handbags, which double up as shoulders straps.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The information is used to sell governments on the idea that investing in sport is worth it, which leads to advocacy for developing the sports sector and eventually trickles down to benefit everyday families.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The experiences move in a circuit of hot and cold, dry and humid, punctuated by serene spaces like the Silent Salt Relax Room, where a glowing Himalayan salt wall purifies the air.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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“Distills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distills. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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