leaching

Definition of leachingnext
present participle of leach

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Research has long shown that a constantly percolating stress response strains practically every body part, particularly your heart, which pumps harder and faster to ready you for action.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Councilor Ed Flynn then addressed the tension percolating between councilors.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Make sure to use a damp mop rather than a soaking wet one, or use a floor spray designed for hardwood floors and a dry cleaning pad to clean the surface.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The facility’s employees lacked food safety knowledge in several areas including holding temperatures, proper sanitizing of food contact surfaces and cleaning frequency.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado February 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Supports Liver Health Coffee can help protect the liver, the body’s filtering organ.
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Forced to turn his pledge into a lie, his dramatic solution was to impose filtering equally on everyone.
    Azadeh Moaveni, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Chism recommends flushing the system yearly to protect the longevity of your unit.
    Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
  • How To Clean Toilet Bowl Rings With Vinegar For toilet bowl rings, lower the water level in your toilet by turning off the water supply valve behind the toilet and flushing it.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In it, Epstein’s assistant told her boss that Karp wanted to bring his daughter along to an Allen film screening that Epstein was inviting people to.
    Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • As first reported by The Oregonian, and then nationally spotted by The Daily Beast, an Oregon theater long known for finding creatively witty ways to advertise its movies was asked by Amazon to stop screening Melania.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Heaters are keeping the Orion capsule warm atop the rocket, officials said, and rocket-purging systems are also being adapted to the cold.
    Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And so every autocrat ends up purging any kind of critic.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Luckritz said the departments would continue refining the data dashboards before releasing them to the public later this year.
    Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Disney’s post-Iger leaders will face number of headaches, including managing ongoing declines in linear TV, coping with the surging cost of sports rights and refining the strategy in streaming.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • These trends are like the hair equivalent of taking a deep, cleansing spring breath.
    Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Feb. 2026
  • How to use hypochlorous acid Apply HOCl after cleansing your skin but before serums or moisturizers, Garshick says.
    Erica Sweeney, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Leaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaching. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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