leached

past tense of leach

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leached
Verb
  • SUVs and pickups make up the majority of new registrations, but the shift hasn’t fully percolated through the state’s fleet because Americans tend to hold on to their vehicles for more than a decade.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • Lookman eventually got his move to Atletico Madrid in January and, frankly, ever since Atalanta lost the Coppa Italia semi-final and their slim chances of a top-four finish evaporated, the feeling Ederson might follow percolated anew.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Mahomes was flushed right but managed to get off a deep pass across his body to Hill for a 48-yard completion that set up the game-tying touchdown.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
  • As the New York Knicks captured their first NBA title in 53 years in San Antonio on Saturday night, beating the Spurs, 94-90, New Yorkers streamed out of bars and sidewalk watch parties to fill the streets across every corner of the city, faces flushed with disbelief.
    Albert Samaha, Washington Post, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • In an adjoining installation, nude collaborators floated inside a dunk tank flanked by port-a-potties; visitors were encouraged to use (the urine was filtered into the tank).
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
  • The 25, also non-chill filtered, is bottled at 47 percent ABV (94 proof), and that higher proof goes a long way to unlocking the flavor here.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Berlin’s authorities are currently advising people to ensure clothes are thoroughly cleaned after every park visit and to keep windows and doors closed when possible.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • At various points during his interview with Sobchak, Dugin called the sport of surfing evil and said that its practitioners should be purged.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • Burgum purged the department of roughly 13,000 staffers last year and announced efforts to reduce its workforce by even more in April.
    Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • This is essentially the Philippines’ lambanog, tuba distilled, with a high alcohol proof and a bite like rustic sugarcane alcohol.
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • The 25-year-old was distilled in 1999 on a column still, also by Edwards, and these barrels were monitored by his successor, Allen Smith, and then Branker.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • But that doesn’t matter because that’s been purified.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Using X-ray diffraction data, the atomic positions and displacement parameters are further refined and then iterated till parameters and quantum energy converge.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026
  • Generations of artisans have refined the skills needed to forge, polish and assemble knives.
    Lea Lane, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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