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
Verb
  • 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
  • Other records from the district and the state describe how most of the water percolated into the ground, evaporated into hot, dry air, or drained off fields into scrubland and desert.
    — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
Definition of percolated
Verb
  • The water, which goes through a multistage filter, has to be regularly flushed out to remain hygienic; the scent dispensers need to be refilled; and the spray nozzles need to be unclogged.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Harrison-Hunte kept his motor going after Arizona rookie QB Carson Beck got flushed from the pocket.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of flushed
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  • Instead, to view a partial solar eclipse, people should use solar eclipse glasses that are properly filtered.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas City artists, comedians, entrepreneurs and other figures from the city’s nightlife scene filtered through the business, including people who had shared stages, studios and social spaces with McGee.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of filtered
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  • The company said the hot tub is completely drained, cleaned and refilled with fresh water in between sessions.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The bathroom gets cleaned every day; the keyboard everyone shares does not.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • Even when Putin purged Russia’s defense ministry for corruption, including much of Shoigu’s own personal network, Putin transferred Shoigu to a weighty role in the Security Council rather than disempower him.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For many, that pales in comparison to the 60 Minutes bloodbath in June that saw correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega purged, joined by executive producer Tanya Simon and others.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of purged
Verb
  • In this case, the whiskey was distilled from January to June of 2015, and aged for a full 11 years in new American oak barrels.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Viewers, including any lawmakers who may have seen it, are invited into an idealized and privileged environment, where the complexity of the choice to die is aesthetically contained and emotionally distilled.
    — Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of distilled
Verb
  • This gas will then be purified and concentrated, ready for export to local gas networks as what is termed renewable natural gas (RNG).
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of purified
Verb
  • Prices for gasoline, which is refined from crude oil, and other fuels and energy products were also higher as a result.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Concurrently, Iran has reportedly refined its Shahed-107 loitering munitions, enhancing their lethality based on combat experience, and continues supplying Russia with drones and ballistic missiles.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of refined
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