purged

past tense of purge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of purged Emphasis on the enough, especially after a dismal 2025 season that perhaps was further purged Sunday. — Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026 The president has essentially purged the House GOP ranks of those perceived to be disloyal. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Nassar is one of more than 20,000 individuals whose names were recently purged from the Michigan State Police database. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Voting rights experts have expressed concern that misuse of the data could lead to legitimate voters being purged from rolls. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Since 2022, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the party has formally purged three dozen generals and lieutenant generals, and many more are conspicuously missing. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026 The top 10 percent of the entire military chain of command has been purged. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026 Black and female military officers have been purged or denied promotion. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 The roster of the previous Miami regime has largely been purged, but some players remain who were teammates with Tagovailoa. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purged
Verb
  • The two-story, Georgian stone building that was originally built around 1680 was destroyed by an earthquake in 1840 and was last restored in 1983.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Once service is restored, customers may notice discolored water or air in their pipes.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Going winless for an entire season — rebuild or not — would produce a level of shame that doesn’t get cleansed from your resume.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Just as running from my problems was, clearing my mind over the course of many miles, or racing hard, until the adrenaline cleansed me of feeling pain, sadness, disappointment, or rage.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Advertisement Ask your dentist to examine the tissue beneath the denture, especially if a sore hasn’t healed after two weeks.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But for Dolla $ign, time hasn’t healed the wound left by his close friend’s early departure.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Guns became sacred, and violence was increasingly justified, if not sanctified.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Purged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purged. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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