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Recent Examples of pasteurize
When milk is not pasteurized, any bacteria present can remain in the final product.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
That is not simply Doritos and Fruit Loops, that’s also most jars and pouches of baby food–known to be highly pasteurized or high-pressure processed–despite an ingredients list that may simply state carrots and apples.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Cottage cheese sold under Walmart’s Great Value brand is currently under a recall in 24 states, as officials said the cheese may not have been properly pasteurized.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Most brands of jarred garlic pasteurize the product to kill any potentially harmful bacteria.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
That is not simply Doritos and Fruit Loops, that’s also most jars and pouches of baby food–known to be highly pasteurized or high-pressure processed–despite an ingredients list that may simply state carrots and apples.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Cottage cheese sold under Walmart’s Great Value brand is currently under a recall in 24 states, as officials said the cheese may not have been properly pasteurized.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Most brands of jarred garlic pasteurize the product to kill any potentially harmful bacteria.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasteurize
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Reynolds distilled the script down to feature length, keeping the iconic tropes of the genre like the prom, the school play, finals, and graduation all intact.—
Matthew Huff,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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Here were decades of human invention and competition, and staggering quantities of money, all distilled down to something smaller than the size of a newborn’s pinkie finger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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In place of purifying catharsis, tragicomedy traffics in unresolved tension.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Lifestraw’s Go Series bottle lets hikers and campers purify their water anywhere thanks to the powerful, in-lid straw filter.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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Washington waging a war on algae Crews were busy cleaning green algae from the Reflecting Pool in Washington only days after a multimillion-dollar project to resurface and repaint the landmark blue ahead of America250 celebrations.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Seek sails that are machine washable, and be sure to clean them at least once a season.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Specialist teams came to retrieve the body and decontaminate the roadside, while his family members stood around and wept.—
Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
15 June 2026
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Officials have decontaminated the facility’s inmate housing as a precaution and medical staff are monitoring prisoners and staff, The Mercury News reported.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Copper can leach into water over time, especially when acidic ingredients like lemon or lime are added, potentially increasing the risk of excessive copper intake.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
15 June 2026
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Strict toxicity testing is also mandatory to ensure heavy metals do not leach out of the residential walls of the future.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Eventually, we were told to disembark and news then filtered through that the pope had been offered the King of Spain’s private plane to fly back to Rome.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Some lenses filtered only a small fraction of blue light, while others blocked substantially more, sometimes at the cost of altering color perception.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
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Committee Chair Rhodesia Ransom, D-Tracy, said the Local Government Committee was expected to continue refining the measure and would also work with State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant to address the hobby rocketry concerns.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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The exact arrival time, storm intensity, and location of the heaviest rain remain uncertain and will likely be refined over the next couple of days.—
Michael Autovino,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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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
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The idea that dogs graze to purge a sick stomach is one of the explanations owners reach for most.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
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“Pasteurize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasteurize. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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