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Recent Examples of impure This anti-establishment mindset translates to denim with dirty shades of indigo, impure neutrals and green casts, accented with pops of fiery red and pale yellow. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025 According to some Buddhist scriptures, during Maya’s pregnancy the future Buddha never actually touched her womb, which was considered impure in early Indian Buddhism. Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 6 May 2025 Farmers or middlemen also frequently adulterated milk, watering it down to stretch supplies—with impure water likely to introduce further pathogens—or adding toxic substances, like formaldehyde or chalk, meant to conceal spoilage or make milk appear whiter. Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025 What was considered holy at one time was considered impure in other epochs. Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impure
Adjective
  • Not abstract, delayed or generalized data, but precise, real-time and location-specific insights delivered from the world’s most remote forests, deepest watersheds and most polluted urban corridors.
    Michael De Nil, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Whilst the moon might not be that hard to see in a light-polluted area, capturing it on a smart telescope is still impressive.
    Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The book is filled with vulgar pictures, with many faces blacked out, and messages both handwritten and typed from well-wishers for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The biopic is the vulgar but necessary tribute inherently populist cinema pays to more traditional, higher-brow art.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Both options are naturally gluten-free, but oats are more likely to be cross-contaminated with gluten.
    Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Two children who became ill showed symptoms of a condition that can arise from contaminated water.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Clothing must not feature offensive language, obscene gestures/graphics, or nudity or clothing that does not sufficiently cover undergarments.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The store supplied her with bondage pants, kilts, and T-shirts printed with obscene illustrations.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, Wilson’s team is exploring whether dilute acids speed up weathering.
    Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The company reported a net loss during the first quarter of $3.9 million, or 11 cents diluted loss per share, compared to a net income of $4.3 million, or 12 cents dilute earnings per share over the same period last year.
    Paul Takahashi, Houston Chronicle, 5 June 2018
Adjective
  • In late May, a parishioner at Our Lady of the Visitation in Green Township complained to the archdiocese about pornographic websites showing up on a church computer.
    Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Concerns have already been raised over the dangers of nudification apps that can be used to create pornographic images of people without their consent.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Cortège often feels like a beautiful but diluted version of experiences that Cirque du Soleil and Burning Man execute with more conviction and coherence.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Try using a diluted solution of baking soda and water or dishwasher soap and water.
    Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jessica Post, who lives near Auburn and was sitting near the right field foul pole with her sister, Deanna Ritter of Roseville, was happy the A’s had put the flags to half-staff.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Then second baseman Máximo Acosta chased down the ball in foul territory and threw wildly past third.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Impure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impure. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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