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
  • My therapist flushed all of the inflammation from my legs and left me feeling totally renewed.
    — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Molly walked away from that exchange slightly angry and flushed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of flushed
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  • Everything gets filtered through target demographics, pitch decks, and comparative commercial comps.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Those realistic works contrast with more romantic views of farming, which some artists filtered through a bucolic lens that no doubt concealed a grimmer reality.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of filtered
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  • Instead of simply reducing the amount of water used in a process, researchers are investigating whether the same water can be cleaned and cycled back into production.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Really, as long as the boots are leather and in good shape, they can typically be conditioned and cleaned.
    — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 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
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  • 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
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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
  • Goertz took Birdsall's basic ideas and refined them into something far more cohesive, blending the visual extravagance of 1950s America with a distinctly European sense of proportion.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Automakers like Toyota have refined their hybrid powertrain systems over the years to ensure that vehicles can travel incredibly long distances on a single tank of gas.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of refined
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