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
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Choose aloe vera juice that has been decolorized and purified.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2026
Today, Prairie Waters provides up to 10 million gallons per day of purified reuse water, with long-term plans to expand capacity to as much as 50 million gallons per day.
—Mike Coffman, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
While Botox — a purified neurotoxin — is widely used for smoothing fine lines and wrinkles by relaxing the muscles underneath the skin, more experts are recommending it as a solution for jaw pain, clenching, teeth grinding, tension, and clicking.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 10 Feb. 2026
However, producing green hydrogen at scale has remained expensive and inefficient, largely due to the energy required to split water molecules and the reliance on purified water sources.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
The purified water is then mixed with the appropriate amount of salt – often provided in pre-measured packets.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The facility outside the city of Isfahan was mainly known for producing the uranium gas that is fed into centrifuges to be spun and purified.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Cetaphil’s face serum uses purified peptides to improve your skin’s elasticity and reduce the appearance of lines.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The indoor pool is purified with ozone.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
In the final step of the process, the paste is thawed and purified into a liquid at a high temperature.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
After months of negotiations, the group began redirecting this purified, cooled thermal water onto a 6-acre patch of low-lying land.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Men, on the other hand, need to be purified by a woman through ritual in order to effectively engage in Kundalini practice.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
For the red-family (red-to-yellow) carotenoids, the researchers harvested and purified the cellulose before soaking it in the pigment-producing cultures.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
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
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
Adjective
There are no single-use plastics—glass water bottles are filled with purified well water and all the amenities are crafted from sustainable materials in partnership with South African artisans and eco-conscious businesses.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Choose aloe vera juice that has been decolorized and purified.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2026
Today, Prairie Waters provides up to 10 million gallons per day of purified reuse water, with long-term plans to expand capacity to as much as 50 million gallons per day.
—Mike Coffman, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
While Botox — a purified neurotoxin — is widely used for smoothing fine lines and wrinkles by relaxing the muscles underneath the skin, more experts are recommending it as a solution for jaw pain, clenching, teeth grinding, tension, and clicking.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 10 Feb. 2026
However, producing green hydrogen at scale has remained expensive and inefficient, largely due to the energy required to split water molecules and the reliance on purified water sources.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
The purified water is then mixed with the appropriate amount of salt – often provided in pre-measured packets.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The facility outside the city of Isfahan was mainly known for producing the uranium gas that is fed into centrifuges to be spun and purified.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Cetaphil’s face serum uses purified peptides to improve your skin’s elasticity and reduce the appearance of lines.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The indoor pool is purified with ozone.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
In the final step of the process, the paste is thawed and purified into a liquid at a high temperature.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
After months of negotiations, the group began redirecting this purified, cooled thermal water onto a 6-acre patch of low-lying land.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Men, on the other hand, need to be purified by a woman through ritual in order to effectively engage in Kundalini practice.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
For the red-family (red-to-yellow) carotenoids, the researchers harvested and purified the cellulose before soaking it in the pigment-producing cultures.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purified
Adjective
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About 10 minutes into the party, pure silence blanketed the room.—
Sofia Zarran,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Young is pure New York, having grown up at Sleepy Hollow when his father was the head pro.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Pristine lunar samples are stored and handled in stainless steel glove cabinets, separated by triple layers of gloves, and purged by high-purity nitrogen gas to reduce sample degradation.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Liu Zhenli was in charge of the Joint Staff Department before he was purged.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC news,
25 Feb. 2026
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Its crystal-clear, nutrient-dense water, filtered through chalk and fed by numerous springs, creates a perfect aquatic ecosystem and the setting for a picture-book private house by the riverbank.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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The emotion here, teetering between overwrought and genuinely moving, comes filtered through jangling guitar, heavy reverb, and vocoder.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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It can be refined into lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate — the battery-grade chemicals used in lithium-ion batteries.—
Ray Mwayera,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The war has caused global oil prices to spike — leading prices for gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other products refined from crude oil to surge, too.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The team hasn’t clarified, but the players sang the anthem and saluted during the anthem ahead of their 4-0 loss to Australia last Thursday and a 2-0 loss to the Philippines yesterday.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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Mahan clarified that severely treatment-resistant homeless people would receive help in a medical setting.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Training the controllers The controllers of the humanoid robot were trained on dynamic parkour motions extracted from the dataset, using reinforcement learning.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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To gain a more complete picture Rahman and Galib chemically extracted and analyzed the various rice proteins from brown rice, kernels, and rice bran.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Purified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purified. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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