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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  • Talk about layoffs has percolated internally since a September 18 memo by Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of percolated
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  • Not that Bieber needs much assistance, with dewy skin and softly flushed cheeks becoming central to the Rhode universe.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026
  • After two straight incompletions, Nichols was flushed from the pocket on third down and was stripped of the ball by Harding's Kaleb Walker.
    — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of flushed
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  • Their personal lives are often showcased in a way that’s entirely filtered through the entertainment company’s lens.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Techniques popular in Ukraine and surrounding countries have steadily filtered into the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with salons all over the world now offering Ukrainian-style manicures.
    — Lucy Abbersteen, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of filtered
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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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  • 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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  • Wooler Brands produces two spirits, a Kentucky straight bourbon called Wooler Whiskey, distilled in Bardstown, Kentucky, and JP Vodka, distilled from 100 percent corn mash in Texas.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The whiskey that is actually in the bottles, which are still available according to the Instagram post, is actually distilled and aged in upstate New York at Black Dirt, a craft distillery that Proximo acquired in 2018.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of distilled
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  • 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
  • While that’s true, fuel doesn’t power anything until it’s refined.
    — Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The success of the original series and its spinoffs has provided ample data to Moonbug, which has refined and honed the programming in the process.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of refined
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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