as in restored
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting
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Recent Examples of purged
When accounting for positions that have been purged more than once, 52% of the PLA’s top leadership positions have been affected, the report found.
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Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
On defense, the Kings have purged talent with limited or no value in return in recent years.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 2 May 2026
The order states Bramlett owes $4,400 to the Board of Adams County Commissioners and that he and his wife will be imprisoned May 18 unless the contempt is purged.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Wang and his colleagues purged 382 isoleucine residues from ribosomal proteins, but the rest of its genome still contains more than 81,000 isoleucine residues across thousands of other proteins.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Roenicke never had a chance, taking over a team that would soon go on a salary dump that purged Betts, the 2018 AL MVP, along with 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner David Price.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The department booked 2,397 items into property and evidence and purged 2,487 items during the year, according to the report.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The Washington Post pointed out that last year at this time, the feds purged women and people of color from the boards that review the science and research happening at the National Institutes of Health— 38 out of 43 experts that were fired were women and minorities.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Of the 44 officers selected to join the Communist Party’s top-leadership council, 40 have been purged or gone missing since mid-2023, Neil Thomas, a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis, told me.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
On defense, the Kings have purged talent with limited or no value in return in recent years.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 2 May 2026
The order states Bramlett owes $4,400 to the Board of Adams County Commissioners and that he and his wife will be imprisoned May 18 unless the contempt is purged.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Wang and his colleagues purged 382 isoleucine residues from ribosomal proteins, but the rest of its genome still contains more than 81,000 isoleucine residues across thousands of other proteins.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Roenicke never had a chance, taking over a team that would soon go on a salary dump that purged Betts, the 2018 AL MVP, along with 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner David Price.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The department booked 2,397 items into property and evidence and purged 2,487 items during the year, according to the report.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The Washington Post pointed out that last year at this time, the feds purged women and people of color from the boards that review the science and research happening at the National Institutes of Health— 38 out of 43 experts that were fired were women and minorities.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Of the 44 officers selected to join the Communist Party’s top-leadership council, 40 have been purged or gone missing since mid-2023, Neil Thomas, a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis, told me.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purged
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Duneland Superintendent Chip Pettit said power was restored at Liberty Elementary, Liberty Intermediate/Middle, Jackson and Brummitt elementaries Tuesday but the district’s bus barn remained without power.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The lost time spent with his family can never be restored.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Under eclipses, artifacts will also be corrupted and have drawbacks that can be cleansed by beating the world’s Overlord.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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My skin was quenched and cleansed at once, and Vargas’ fluency in her craft made the time absolutely fly by.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Once purified, the atmospheric sample enters an enrichment stage that significantly enhances the detectability of trace gases.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside these trains, natural gas is purified and cooled to about –260 degrees Fahrenheit (–162 degrees Celsius), below the boiling point of methane.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
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Generally, a fracture does not need to be 100% healed before a player returns to action.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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He also probably is not healed all the way.—
David Troy,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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That was until Pope Leo inadvertently sanctified them in 2026.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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