1
as in to purge
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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Recent Examples of purify
Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
But all of those religions are teaching us how to purify our minds and become a good person in our society.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
Plastic water bottles have been largely eliminated as the resort purifies and bottles its own water.
—John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Modoc Stories Inspections by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in March 2024 showed that the facility needed repairs to multiple pieces of equipment, including the tanks designed to help purify water passing through the system.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
But all of those religions are teaching us how to purify our minds and become a good person in our society.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
Plastic water bottles have been largely eliminated as the resort purifies and bottles its own water.
—John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Modoc Stories Inspections by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in March 2024 showed that the facility needed repairs to multiple pieces of equipment, including the tanks designed to help purify water passing through the system.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purify
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Order 1 dissolved the ruling Baath Party and removed all senior party members from their government positions, purging the administrative class that ran its ministries, hospitals and schools.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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The upper stage, known as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage and its single RL-10 engine, wasn’t able to get the helium gas, used to purge the stage of cryogenic fuel and maintain proper pressure, to flow into it.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Once this storm heads east by Thursday afternoon, cooler and drier weather will filter in with temperatures closer to our March normals of 50 degrees and 71 degrees.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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The tour uses Signify Group’s Threat Matrix service, which is designed to help protect players on social media by detecting and filtering out abusive messages through a combination of AI and human analysts.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The guidance followed an investigation into then-Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who had been accused of violating the agency’s selective disclosure rules through a Facebook post, an incident that ultimately led the SEC to clarify how companies could use social platforms to share material information.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The order clarified a regulation that has existed since Israel’s founding.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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The team plans to continue refining the design and making the system smaller and more efficient.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The White House is telling Republicans to refine their immigration messaging as the party stares down the midterm elections, a tacit acknowledgement that its hardline rhetoric about mass deportation risks alienating voters.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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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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The nations that survive will be those that own the technology to extract and move energy with extreme efficiency; thereby, replacing massive, vulnerable, and centralized global hubs with resilient, decentralized domestic resources.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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How to clean hummingbird feeders Ensure your feeders are thoroughly washed and rinsed before filling them with food.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Mar. 2026
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Elena Navarro is a cleaning expert and professional organizer at Sparkly Maid Austin in Austin, Texas.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Purify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purify. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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