as in pure
free from added matter
purified water that was now safe to drink
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as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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Recent Examples of purified
David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Use bottled or purified water for drinking and brushing your teeth when traveling or camping.
—Brandi Jones, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
The entire development integrates wellness at every level — from biophilic design elements to organic materials, purified air systems, and toxin-free materials.
—The Well Coconut Grove, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Typically harvested from the thighs or abdomen via liposuction or a syringe, fat is gently purified and re-injected to restore volume and smooth wrinkles on the face, hands, and beyond.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
This vaporized the harmful metals in the red mud, and left behind a purified compound rich in aluminum.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
Researchers demonstrated that the purified aluminum can return to the production cycle or be converted into durable ceramic tiles and bricks.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Sustainability tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at the renewable building materials used to construct the lodge, as well as a tutorial on how the 240 solar panels, 10 water turbines, and 48 energy storage units provide renewable energy and purified water.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
Today’s synthetic dyes are made from hydrocarbons in purified petroleum, which have unusually hardy chemical structures.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.
—Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The water is contained and continually purified and reused.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
The patented process breaks down polyester textile waste into its base monomers (aka DMT and MEG), which are then purified to virgin status before being polymerized into Twist resin.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
The purification method the city is using for Phase One — called indirect potable reuse — softened that image somewhat by requiring the purified water to sit in a reservoir for months.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Use bottled or purified water for drinking and brushing your teeth when traveling or camping.
—Brandi Jones, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
The entire development integrates wellness at every level — from biophilic design elements to organic materials, purified air systems, and toxin-free materials.
—The Well Coconut Grove, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Typically harvested from the thighs or abdomen via liposuction or a syringe, fat is gently purified and re-injected to restore volume and smooth wrinkles on the face, hands, and beyond.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
This vaporized the harmful metals in the red mud, and left behind a purified compound rich in aluminum.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
Researchers demonstrated that the purified aluminum can return to the production cycle or be converted into durable ceramic tiles and bricks.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Sustainability tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at the renewable building materials used to construct the lodge, as well as a tutorial on how the 240 solar panels, 10 water turbines, and 48 energy storage units provide renewable energy and purified water.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
Today’s synthetic dyes are made from hydrocarbons in purified petroleum, which have unusually hardy chemical structures.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
These stem cells are purified in a lab, and then modified using an inactivated form of the virus that causes HIV.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.
—Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The water is contained and continually purified and reused.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
The patented process breaks down polyester textile waste into its base monomers (aka DMT and MEG), which are then purified to virgin status before being polymerized into Twist resin.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purified
Adjective
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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To this end, while the loss of two aircraft in short order seems suspicious, it could be explained through pure chance.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Miao is one of the highest-ranking CMC officials to be purged since the 1960s and is particularly significant since he was personally elevated to the CMC by Xi.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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But that won’t be the only item on the agenda, and the conclave may also include a personnel reshuffle if new officials are appointed to key roles vacated by those purged.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Raw honey is honey in its most unprocessed state and contains what would otherwise be filtered out or inactivated by heat, like antioxidants, enzymes, pollen, and microbes.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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Everything that a doctor does in The Pitt is filtered through how their character would practice medicine in that moment, and that’s a real skill in a big ensemble show.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Though often appearing stylish and refined, with an air of unshakable confidence, like a real-life James Bond, Farzam seemed to come undone in recent years.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Takako Fuji originated the role of Kayako when the character and concept that would become The Grudge were still being refined back in Japan in the late '90s.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The poster clarified that the group was never meant to be about profit.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Both seem to be responding to a culture in which women’s caregiving is extracted until nothing is left.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the end of the experiment, third-party engineers extracted core samples from both lanes for lab testing and analysis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Purified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purified. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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