ELUTRIATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

elutriated

verb

past tense of elutriate

as in cleaned

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Buckets overflowed with conch and clams, and customers pointed to whole fish on ice to be cleaned and cut for dinner.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Pictures show the ancient Roman silver denarii after they were carefully cleaned, some bearing portraits and inscriptions.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 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

Definition of washed

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Allegations quickly emerged that DeepSeek had trained R1 in part on responses extracted from OpenAI’s models.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Sergio Cremisini, an expert in digital forensic evidence, who extracted information from Sierra’s phone in 2012, 2018 and 2026.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 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

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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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