ELUTRIATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

elutriated

verb

past tense of elutriate

as in cleaned

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The rooms are spacious, comfortable, immaculately pressed and cleaned, and blissfully quiet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Culver City voted last month to set rules around robotaxi fleet services that dictate where and when the vehicles can be charged, stored and cleaned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Fendi used washed gray denim for its straight-fitting jeans for men and women.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
From there, the exhibition gives way to the striking editorial images with which Pavarotti quickly made his name, set against walls washed in scarlet, fuchsia, canary yellow, plum, and terracotta.

— Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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Donica said the gypstacks contain rare earth minerals that could be extracted one day with the proper technology, a proposal that university researchers in the state are actively working on.

— Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Depots could reconstitute expended stocks on site, as quickly as mineral precursors can be extracted and processed.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

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Nassar is one of more than 20,000 individuals whose names were recently purged from the Michigan State Police database.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Voting rights experts have expressed concern that misuse of the data could lead to legitimate voters being purged from rolls.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of purged

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These were journeys that both cleansed my soul and offered it a new kind of nourishment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
A lot happened while Rohan and I were on vacation, but the one thing still on my mind — freshly cleansed by Hudson Valley air — is Kevin Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cleansed

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Those exhibiting suspicious symptoms had samples taken and sent to a laboratory for analysis, the ministry said on Saturday, adding that the vessel was also decontaminated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of decontaminated

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