leached

past tense of leach

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leached
Verb
  • Still, the discussions have percolated in recent days among top officials in the Justice Department, including in the Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice to all executive branch agencies.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The phrase was on T-shirts all over the stadium as Irish fans mocked Miami’s bad-guy image that percolated on swagger, on battle fatigues worn on road trips.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Immediately after the illnesses were reported, village staff flushed the line by the home, Elmore said.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • My inner circle also made sure my body angles were flattering, my cheeks — all of them — were flushed and perky, and my facial expressions were authentic and strong.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Background noise is consistently filtered out so the speaker's voice can be heard more clearly.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the moon is covered by the inner part of Earth's shadow during the eclipse, sunlight not blocked by Earth is filtered through a thick slice of Earth's atmosphere before reaching the moon's surface, NASA explained.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Toilet bowls need to be cleaned.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned once every two to five days.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guy will not see the Verdun purged of unexploded ordnance in his lifetime.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Recently, some Guard troops have been tasked with picking up trash and spreading mulch, jobs that have been neglected after Musk’s DOGE task force purged a significant portion of the federal workforce.
    Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Normally, after used to season barrels the sherry is either distilled or turned into another product like sherry vinegar.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
  • It was distilled at the Imperial distillery, located in Carrann, Speyside.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The water is contained and continually purified and reused.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Govee has refined the software from previous models to improve the brightness and color accuracy, and the lights are more durable now.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Video refereeing has only just been introduced in Liga F, Spanish women’s football’s top flight, but through a VAR-lite system still being refined.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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