as in innocence
the quality or state of being morally pure
struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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Recent Examples of purity
Fittingly, the brand builds most of its formulas around cica sourced from Madagascar, where the plant grows with exceptional purity, thanks to the island’s relatively untouched environment.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Mar. 2026
Soda ash produced at the plant is critical for manufacturing the high purity flat glass required for solar panels and for refining lithium used in electric vehicle batteries.
—Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
This could improve photon purity and enable more advanced functionalities, including chiral quantum light and hybrid inorganic-organic devices.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
The idea of purity — whether in food, body or belief — often masks hierarchies of power.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Mar. 2026
Soda ash produced at the plant is critical for manufacturing the high purity flat glass required for solar panels and for refining lithium used in electric vehicle batteries.
—Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
This could improve photon purity and enable more advanced functionalities, including chiral quantum light and hybrid inorganic-organic devices.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
The idea of purity — whether in food, body or belief — often masks hierarchies of power.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purity
Noun
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Given its limited nature, in my view the DNA hearing did not answer the many lingering questions spawned by the new evidence that support Zeigler’s claim of innocence.—
Gail Hollenbeck,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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For example, James Duckett is set for execution on March 31 and has consistently maintained his innocence.—
Melanie Verdecia,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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That’s the mineral-rich goodness packed inside Round Lab’s 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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Thank goodness someone had the good (perhaps last-minute) sense to have Bruce Bochy and Dusty Baker throw the first pitches.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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One of Lerner’s virtues as a writer is that his work resists this relentless gathering of data (news, text messages, posts), a gathering that’s both abundant and diffuse, and that, paradoxically, feels like a giving over of one’s mind and capacities to fuzzy abstraction.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Leo on Monday signed the decree attesting that Flanagan lived a life of heroic virtue.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purity. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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