as in to purify
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The ore is purified, dissolved in hot acid and converted into uranium hexafluoride (UF6), a gaseous compound.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025 -
Biogas’s new plant, called Hidden Hollow Energy, purifies the gas coming out of the landfill and turns it into fuel for buses, trucks and other large vehicles, Tryon said.—
Sarah Cutler
June 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2025
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Cycling, too, has made changes to cleanse a reputation sullied by the likes of Lance Armstrong.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Apply it to one section at a time and use a small, damp cloth to cleanse.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
18 June 2025
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But Lippmann’s studies of psychology had chastened him.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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None of this is intended to take away from the ambivalent and sometimes plainly harmful effects of attempts to spiritualize the pandemic.—
Benjamin Kirby,
Quartz Africa,
1 May 2020
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Thought and speech — thought’s public projection — are both combined and spiritualized.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
22 June 2019
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Premier outside hitter Finn Bell anchored an otherwise deep group to reach the title game for the second straight year – exorcising the Warriors’ demons by beating the Bombers in the state semifinals.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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Lots of demons were exorcised in a 10-day span last fall, when the Mets clinched a wild card berth with frantic 8-7 win over the Braves in game no. 161 before beating the Brewers in a three-game wild card series and disposing of the Phillies in four games in an NL Division Series.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Lustrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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