LEACHED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

leached

verb

past tense of leach

as in percolated

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As detailed in work from Liu’s team published earlier this year, some of the minerals in the meteorite have been aqueously altered—a sign that liquid water once percolated through Mars’s ancient mantle and crust.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Talk about more layoffs has percolated internally since a September 18 memo by Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of percolated

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Showing off his prize porcelain in the studio during his podcast, Cat noted proudly that it had been used and flushed by royalty, including Jim Calhoun, Kevin Ollie and Dan Hurley.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Sheathed in a mahogany crust, my hunk of rib eye is flushed pink.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of flushed

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Eco effort Each room has a glass carafe instead of plastic water bottles and there are filtered water stations on each floor as part of the essentials closets, which feature amenities like towels or sanitary products available to be taken as needed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Supporters had filtered into a ballroom at the Westin Galleria Dallas hotel, adorned with Texas and American flags, plus a bar and a buffet.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of filtered

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The apartments Svetlana cleaned belonged to people in their thirties who didn’t seem to leave the house much—there was trash from Amazon and Uber Eats everywhere.

— Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Some blankets can only be spot-cleaned, while others have removable, washable covers that can be laundered with everything else.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Where climate action has largely been distilled into decarbonization, nature is sprawling and complex — even more so than fashion supply chains.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
The agave hearts, or pinas, are harvested and then cooked, crushed, fermented, and distilled.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of distilled

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The underlying technology relies on a loop-type molten salt design refined over six years.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
The somewhat chronological organization of the show reveals formal and aesthetic through lines that emerged and were refined over time.

— Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026

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