ELUTRIATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

elutriated

verb

past tense of elutriate

as in cleaned

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Fleck cleaned himself up, but had remnants of blood stains on his right white sleeve during postgame.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
The bathroom on the third floor wasn’t getting cleaned because the cleaning supplies were distributed across the basement, first, and second floors.

— Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Scott Gifford, who lives on Venice Avenue, spent the day cleaning up debris that washed onto his property.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
When buying new kitchen towels, check the care tag or product description and choose ones that can be safely washed in hot water.

— Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 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

Definition of extracted

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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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