pasteurize

verb

Definition of pasteurizenext
as in to distill

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Recent Examples of pasteurize Raw milk is trucked to the plant daily, and workers pasteurize milk and package it along with related products that are then distributed by a fleet of more than 150 trucks. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026 Repairs Muscle Tissue Protein has become an obsession for many Americans, and pasteurized cow's milk meets the moment. — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 3 May 2026 When milk is not pasteurized, any bacteria present can remain in the final product. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 The recall was initiated because the cottage cheese was not fully pasteurized per state regulatory standards. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pasteurize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasteurize
  1. distill
  2. purify
  3. clean
  4. decontaminate
  5. leach
  6. filter
  7. refine
  8. purge
Verb
  • And Todd’s writing got really distilled on these last couple of records.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The distillery uses many different barley varietals and cask types to distill and age its whiskey, but the annual Garryana series is based around the use of casks made from Quercus garryana oak, a tree that is native to the Pacific Northwest.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of distill
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  • At London’s Clarify Clinics, founder Yael Cohen has developed the controversial Clari Procedure, a patented two-hour IV treatment that claims to purify the blood plasma.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • BioFiltro, a company founded in Chile, puts red wigglers in a bed of chips to purify wastewater from dairy stalls.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of purify
Verb
  • The Find + Follow Air Purifier senses areas of high air pollutants in the home – such as where residents are cooking, smoking or burning candles – and adjusts its position to clean this air.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • There’s always somebody cleaning, a chef, nannies, assistants.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of clean
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  • The protocol provides details on decontaminating clothing and equipment after caving.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Those exhibiting suspicious symptoms had samples taken and sent to a laboratory for analysis, the ministry said on Saturday, adding that the vessel was also decontaminated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of decontaminate
Verb
  • Research shows that cooking certain foods in water for a long time causes magnesium to leach out.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Drugs can leach into soil and ground water groundwater at the landfill.
    — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of leach
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  • Beirut's private-press scene has little in common with the studio culture of ’80s Tokyo, where an abundance of resources and technology filtered the same foreign influences into something more perfect and polished.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Inside Clarify Clinic’s proprietary centrifuge machine, which is designed to filter contaminants out of human blood.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of filter
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  • Some of the buildings in Marfa are extraordinarily refined; others are rough, provisional, at times barely finished.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Rent the model, own the harness, own your context, and join the network that refines the outside world rather than digging the well that only deepens your own.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of refine
Verb
  • Xi had earlier purged two of China’s top generals, leaving Zhang as the commission’s only member besides Xi himself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The following decade, his Cultural Revolution violently sought to purge capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society and created a cult of personality around him.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of purge

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