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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
Contractors will remove all of the carpet, sanitize the space, and replace the flooring with a solid surface that can easily be cleaned and sanitized, Boyd said.
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Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
Salgado's work denounced human rights abuses, environmental devastation, social inequality, and the ruthless greed of industry, forcing mainstream attention on issues too often ignored or sanitized.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Health inspectors also cited the store for not cleaning and sanitizing the meat band saw and meat preparation areas every four hours.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Operator must not use dish washing machine to wash dishes until it is repaired and properly sanitizing.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
Salgado's work denounced human rights abuses, environmental devastation, social inequality, and the ruthless greed of industry, forcing mainstream attention on issues too often ignored or sanitized.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Health inspectors also cited the store for not cleaning and sanitizing the meat band saw and meat preparation areas every four hours.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Operator must not use dish washing machine to wash dishes until it is repaired and properly sanitizing.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
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In response to the outbreak, Chinese authorities are borrowing from their COVID-19 playbook: conducting mass tests, isolating infected residents, and disinfecting entire neighborhoods.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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People should also clean and disinfect common surfaces and shared items, such as doorknobs and toys, Tan advised.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Bad Bunny’s messaging romanticizes a narrative of cultural displacement: that more Americans moving to the island means fewer Puerto Ricans can stay.—
George Laws Garcia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2025
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Black townspeople and visitors to Natchez cast a warier eye on the spectacle of romanticizing this time in American history.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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For months, the day laborers had decontaminated homes that survived the Los Angeles wildfires.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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People covered in jet fuel were also decontaminated before being treated.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
3 July 2025
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Encarnacion still needs to undergo an MRI, but manager Bob Melvin did not sugarcoat the prognosis.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Mets aren’t trying to sugarcoat the fact that Montas did not show well in his minor league rehab assignment, putting up a 13.19 ERA in seven starts between High-A and Triple-A.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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Bulimia nervosa is a cyclical condition in which someone binges and then compensates with purging behavior such as vomiting or taking laxatives, according to National Eating Disorders Association.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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But Jones was one of the first players new Raiders coach Pete Carroll purged right before OTAs opened, releasing the 27-year-old.—
Omar Kelly
July 28,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
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But research on romantic beliefs suggests that idealizing a partner can actually predict greater disappointment over time, especially when initial chemistry masks incompatible values, true friendship or aligned long-term goals.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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But with Jupiter squaring Saturn and Neptune around this time, be wary of idealizing your daily routine or overbooking your energy.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 May 2025
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Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood.—
Churchill Ndonwie,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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Specifically, Vinson and Thorp referenced the criticism that the bacterium's genetic material was not properly purified of background arsenic before it was analyzed.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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While Iran frames its warnings as a measure to deter future attacks, the U.S. and its allies view Iran's intensifying rhetoric as likely to heighten regional tensions.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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This stuff is a powerful oxidizer that, while not flammable by itself, will accelerate and intensify combustion of rubber balloons, clothing, hair, skin, eye tissue and other things that burn when used around open flames such as bongs, joints, and cigarettes.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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