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elutriating

verb

present participle of elutriate
as in cleaning

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  1. cleaning
  2. washing
  3. cleansing
  4. purging
  5. decontaminating
  6. refining
  7. rectifying
  8. extracting
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  • Best Last-Chance Amazon Home Labor Day Sales Give your home a refresh with last-minute deals on fresh cozy bedding, cleaning gadgets, and décor.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Dip your microfiber cloth into the mixture and apply it to the zellige tiles, cleaning in gentle circles.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleaning
Verb
  • Reacher stumbles out into the street and collapses, sheets of rain washing the blood from his mighty frame.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Folding small clothes; washing little faces; sunscreen; a million snacks.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of washing
Verb
  • Kansas’ Union soldiers, who were known as Jayhawkers, responded by cleansing three Missouri counties along the border and stacking a similar number of dead bodies in retaliation.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Joico HydraSplash Hydrating Shampoo swaps the usual suspects for keratin (a protective protein) and natural hydrators like coconut water and sea kelp to replenish dry hair while thoroughly cleansing it.
    — Madison San Miguel, Allure, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleansing
Verb
  • Reality says the dead cap money ($182 million) this franchise is taking on after purging the roster keeps Miami from being competitive in the first half of the season.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Since each toolhead can remain loaded with a separate filament, the printer can switch between them (in a single second, the company claims), without repeatedly purging filament through one nozzle.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of purging
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  • The traditional boundaries between work and life dissolved as workers tried to maintain productivity through economic upheaval, all while decontaminating groceries and managing their children’s online classes.
    — Tess Lawrence, Harvard Business Review, 1 July 2026
  • Among our responsibilities was decontaminating people and equipment after exposure to hazardous materials.
    — Jennifer N. Pritzker, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of decontaminating
Verb
  • Today's synthetic motor oil is heavily dependent on Group III base oils, which are mostly made from refining crude oil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic may well follow suit by refining their own bots to have more Instinct-like capabilities.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of refining
Verb
  • Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rectifying
Verb
  • China secured supply chain dominance and established rubidium as a strategic resource by extracting high-value elements from its lithium waste.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • True economic success in 2026 isn’t about extracting the last dollar from a negative-margin middle class.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of extracting
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“Elutriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elutriating. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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