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adjective

as in uncontaminated

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verb

past tense of pasteurize

as in filtered

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Recent Examples of pasteurized

Adjective

For the most health benefits, opt for kombucha with no more than five grams of sugar per serving and avoid pasteurized versions, which reduce probiotic content. — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026

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The city's website also includes guidelines regarding the disposal of sandbags — only dry and uncontaminated bags should be reused, and those that have been exposed to floodwaters should be placed in residents' bulk trash piles for collection.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Lin collects uncontaminated plastics which include needle and medication caps, as well as plastic containers.

— Molly McCrea, CBS News, 1 May 2026

Definition of uncontaminated

Verb

First came establishing the Luke Bell Memorial Affordable Counseling Program, where royalties from his works are filtered to make mental health treatments more readily accessible in his home state of Wyoming.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated.

— Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026

Definition of filtered

Adjective

Don’t use undiluted vinegar since its acidity can damage outer frames or other surfaces near the glass.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
Carpenter’s spare slasher is remarkable for its restraint and its fusion of popcorn suspense with pure, undiluted terror.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026

Definition of undiluted

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Keren’s approach—refined through dozens of iterations, tested on skin, and developed with global precision via perfumer networks—is deeply personal and culturally attuned.

— Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Every season of Industry has refined the series, asked more of its stars, and accurately spit at some of our culture’s biggest pain points.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026

Definition of refined

Adjective

This butternut squash pasta is pure comfort, with roasted squash, garlic, and shallots blended into a creamy, smooth sauce.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
Minions & Monsters kept its familiar chaos intact, but its turn toward sentiment may have left behind some of the pure silliness that built its core audience at home.

— David Deal, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of pure

Verb

And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of purified

Adjective

Many who watched that win with unadulterated joy on NBC that Sunday suddenly felt like they may be getting used during the network broadcast of the SOTU on Tuesday.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
All of these solutions are unevenly distributed, and the effects of unadulterated heat are concentrated on the country’s poor.

— Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026

Definition of unadulterated

Verb

The primary reason for Golden State’s allure to the former Laker could be distilled into two names.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
The spirit was fermented in earthen pits and distilled, a process that took a year across eight fermentations and seven distillations.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 June 2026

Definition of distilled

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