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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  • There is accumulation of food residue on some of the equipment that has not been cleaned recently such as refrigerators and prep table.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Lowman Ranger District did not respond to questions about how frequently the site’s bathrooms are cleaned or trash is removed.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This is a cold washed process bean, meaning the cherry pulp is washed away from the bean before it’s put in cold storage for 72 hours and then dried.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of washed
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  • The techniques were refined between the wars by the French, British, German, and Spanish armed forces, and during the Second World War, tens of thousands of casualties were flown across the European and Pacific theaters.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The wristwear was predictably refined—in terms of both aesthetics and proportions—reflecting the growing appeal of the small dress watch.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of refined
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  • Raw inputs are extracted from the periphery, refined and assembled in the metropole, and sold back at a markup.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In that moment, walking through room after room of marble and silk and silver, all of it extracted from illiterate workers in the fields and fishing boats on the horizon, the reasons for the Protestant Reformation became fully clear to me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 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
Verb
  • Just as running from my problems was, clearing my mind over the course of many miles, or racing hard, until the adrenaline cleansed me of feeling pain, sadness, disappointment, or rage.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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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