elutriated

verb

past tense of elutriate
as in cleaned

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  1. cleaned
  2. washed
  3. refined
  4. extracted
  5. purged
  6. cleansed
  7. processed
  8. decontaminated
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  • At present, most satellite data is sent back to Earth before it is cleaned, sorted and analyzed.
    — Martin Halliwell, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Dryer Lint Screen The lint trap or screen in your dryer should be cleaned on a regular basis.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • While getting my hair washed, several workers were coughing and sneezing around me.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The three-compartment sink wasn’t big enough for the pots and pans washed there.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of washed
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  • The headphones also have refined QuietControl noise cancellation, with adaptive feedforward controls.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Regular audits are the mechanism through which standards get pressure-tested and refined.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of refined
Verb
  • Keys and constants that can be extracted from public firmware can be used to authenticate to, or decrypt traffic from, BMCs.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • One draws on samples drawn from a different area; the other uses stool samples extracted in different years.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of extracted
Verb
  • Even when Putin purged Russia’s defense ministry for corruption, including much of Shoigu’s own personal network, Putin transferred Shoigu to a weighty role in the Security Council rather than disempower him.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For many, that pales in comparison to the 60 Minutes bloodbath in June that saw correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega purged, joined by executive producer Tanya Simon and others.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of purged
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  • What lies before us is not a world cleansed of fraud, but a world in which the speed of both deception and defense keeps rising, so that the responsibility shared between institutions and individuals grows more important.
    — Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The Beneš Decrees that ethnically cleansed tens of thousands of Hungarians from southern Slovakia after the war are still affecting contemporary Slovak-Hungarian relations today.
    — Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
Definition of cleansed
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  • These ballots will be processed and counted after the county elections office has completed the voter registration process.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Definition of processed
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  • The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Officials have decontaminated the facility’s inmate housing as a precaution and medical staff are monitoring prisoners and staff, The Mercury News reported.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Definition of decontaminated
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“Elutriated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elutriated. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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