leached

past tense of leach

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leached
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
Verb
  • Ossoff reiterated his focus on the battleground race, and said issues like who could lead the Senate under a Democratic majority could be flushed out later.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • His cheeks and hands were flushed pink with blood beneath the skin.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Most of it gets filtered out without a second thought, and our brains are wired to ignore what feels predictable or irrelevant.
    Ross Kernez, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The byproducts of this process—such as ammonia—must be filtered out and excreted by the kidneys.
    Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Heavy spills or splatters should always be cleaned right away.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • Tahoe officials have been vigilant, ensuring all boats are cleaned, drained and dry before launching into Lake Tahoe.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Doctors, following accepted practice, would likely have bled or purged an ill person for humoral balance.
    Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Among those purged or forced to retire have been a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chief of naval operations and the head of the Defense Health Agency.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The primary reason for Golden State’s allure to the former Laker could be distilled into two names.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
  • The spirit was fermented in earthen pits and distilled, a process that took a year across eight fermentations and seven distillations.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
  • The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The accommodations strike a balance between rustic and refined, with neutral tones and natural materials that call back to the estate’s heritage while offering guests an atmosphere of refined comfort.
    Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • Members of both parties should treat the CREATE AI Act as a rare chance to pass an AI bill that has already been debated, refined, and proven in pilot form.
    Neil Björkman, Fortune, 1 July 2026
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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