elutriate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elutriate
Verb
  • Three varieties rotate in and out, from briny Alaskan Gems to clean and crisp Mer Bleues to the fresh and minerally Malpeque oysters from Prince Edward Island.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
  • Instead, cleaning stainless steel requires a little extra TLC and a strategy designed specifically for this material.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The worker then pointed across the lot to Norman — who was washing someone’s car, tending to his summer job, minding his business.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • Often problems arise from short-term pollution, which can happen during heavy rainfall that washes waste from sewage plants into the water.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • During a May 19 town hall meeting with NIH staff members, Jay Bhattacharya, the institute’s new director, equivocated when asked about funding cuts for research into improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities — cuts made under the guise of purging DEI from the government.
    Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
  • All 12 seasons and 264 episodes of MSW were purged from Peacock this morning, despite the fact that the series is owned and distributed by Universal Television, sibling studio to the streamer.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Patterson warns that people should not touch bats and should be sure to decontaminate after visiting bat habitat to avoid spreading it.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
  • Also, the robots will need to be decontaminated, and nobody is going to want to have to deal with some sort of special, gentle, robot-friendly decontamination procedure.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2014
Verb
  • This softening cleansing oil can easily be added to any existing skin-care routine.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 11 July 2025
  • Just make sure this step comes after cleansing and applying toner and serum.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Before 1962, the maximum legal barrel entry proof was 110, but Stitzel-Weller went much further during production to extract and preserve as much flavor as possible.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • By crushing bones and boiling them to extract grease, Neanderthals tapped into a rich energy source, using techniques once thought to belong only to much later human groups.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • Visitors will want to plan extra time for this museum, because there is so much to process.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • The same principle applies to relationships, as processing silence is all about going inward.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Brands need to do a better job in their data analysis to refine their segmentation models so very important customers are recognized and treated as such.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Raised in Phoenix, refined over three years at Dayton University, Holmes had never sustained a major health setback.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
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“Elutriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elutriate. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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