as in to purify
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Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026 -
But all of those religions are teaching us how to purify our minds and become a good person in our society.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2026
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This drugstore pick is especially designed for anyone experiencing mild or normal shedding due to breakage and helps restore strength by using gentle surfactants while cleansing.—
Jamie Wilson,
Glamour,
20 Feb. 2026
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This one not only deposits color, but also gently cleanses and conditions the hair.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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By now too many of us are wary of what’s being sold — sensitized by two years of deepfakes and soft slop, chastened by two decades of social media and rage-farming.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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Of the many nadirs this season — from letting a two-goal lead slip against Bournemouth to their existing run of five defeats in six league games from December 14 — the chastening 3-0 loss against Wolves on January 3 ranks high.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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The ghost of Subway has been fully exorcised from the restaurant.—
Natalie Hoy,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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Then Georgia’s offense exorcised some more recent demons.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Lustrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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