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leached

verb

past tense of leach
1
as in percolated

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2
as in flushed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leached
  1. percolated
  2. flushed
  3. filtered
  4. cleaned
  5. purged
  6. distilled
  7. purified
  8. refined
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  • Why Chelsea ceded so much possession to Brighton is more complex — and an issue that has percolated beneath the surface for most of the BlueCo era.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Efforts to ban members of Congress from owning or trading individual stock have percolated for years, but have repeatedly fallen short.
    — Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of percolated
Verb
  • Miami got inside the 20 on its next possession, which was a 16-play drive, but quarterback Malik Willis was flushed out the pocket on the final two plays of that drive, and subsequently sacked.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The water system will also be flushed out more often to get rid of any standing water that may have had time to collect lead while kids were away, the city said.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of flushed
Verb
  • The reservations website analyzed nearly half a million global diner reviews, then filtered them by location.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Line of Fire is not about any one of those agencies but the whole alphabet soup of them, as filtered through the experiences of a single flawed but loving family.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of filtered
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Since 2022, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the party has formally purged three dozen generals and lieutenant generals, and many more are conspicuously missing.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The top 10 percent of the entire military chain of command has been purged.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of purged
Verb
  • The new reposado was made from agave pinas that were cooked in a combination of autoclaves and brick ovens before being double-distilled in copper and stainless-steel stills.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The vapors that had risen from warm bodies in the pews would have carried syllables mixed with candle-soot, distilled as condensation on the chapel windows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of distilled
Verb
  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of purified
Verb
  • The technology behind these voices has grown so refined that the vast majority of the general population hasn’t even noticed the transition has been made.
    — Will Jones, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • This results in a synthetic crude oil that can be further refined and used a fuel for cars, trucks and even airplanes.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of refined
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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