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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
  • The 29-year-old was flushed from the pocket and scrambled to the right.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • My therapist flushed all of the inflammation from my legs and left me feeling totally renewed.
    — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of flushed
Verb
  • That signal is often invisible on a résumé filtered by degree or title.
    — Brittany Murrey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The higher someone rises, the more information is filtered before reaching them.
    — Julio Ottino, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of filtered
Verb
  • The Yankees said the stadium tower that tested positive was drained and cleaned Sunday morning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The five people killed in the van were part of a crew that cleaned planes at the airport, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said Tuesday.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleaned
Verb
  • Black and female military officers have been purged or denied promotion.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Immigration courts are backed up and judges have been purged.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of purged
Verb
  • Harvest plate at the Deer and the Dove This offers the season’s best distilled onto one plate.
    — Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Balvenie Eighty-Eight-Year-Old was distilled on March 5, 1931, and spent its entire maturation lifespan in a European oak sherry butt from Jerez, Spain (cask #239).
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 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
  • For the global economy to function, copious amounts of oil — 100 million barrels a day of the stuff — must be found, extracted, transported, refined into usable products and delivered to customers.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Working closely with its wholesale technology team, Arc’teryx refined its order workflows, gathered feedback directly from dealers and observed the buying process to understand where retailers were encountering obstacles.
    — Advertorial, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of refined
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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