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purified

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verb

past tense of purify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of purified
Adjective
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 Lifestraw estimates that the Escape can deliver 1 liter of purified water per minute. New Atlas, 23 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
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
  • Well, despite Peaches dying, all Robbie got was a massive load of pure fentanyl.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Soon, boundary-free mowing took hold, powered by new technologies like pure vision, UWB, and RTK—each with merits and drawbacks.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many coup backers are simply demoted or purged from the government without facing trial or execution.
    Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As news of these goals filtered through the stands in El Alto, Bolivian fans started to celebrate.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The water was then filtered and analysed using advanced laboratory techniques, with strict controls in place to prevent contamination.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Au Za’atar is designed to feel both vibrant and refined—an atmosphere where guests feel immediately welcomed yet surrounded by an air of sophistication.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • When compared with my current Ultra 2, the screen on the Ultra 3 looks much more refined.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, Casie later clarified, she isn’t necessarily used to red carpets — despite making several appearances alongside her famous dad over the years.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Glycerin helps maintain balance, so skin feels clarified, not stripped, while lecithin aids in dissolving debris, and myrtle leaf water provides an antioxidant boost.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whereas previous metal pollution records extracted their silt, or evidence from areas far from their sources— upland peat cores or mountain and polar glaciers, Cambridge specifies –the most recent data comes from the epicenter of production, a paleochannel of the River Ure, Cambridge explains.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The New Extraction Economy Early colonial powers extracted gold, spices and resources from distant lands while giving little back to local communities.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Purified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purified. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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