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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
Educate honestly and risk professional consequences, or sanitize instruction at the expense of students’ understanding of the world around them.
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Debbi Hixon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
People should also clean and sanitize any surfaces and containers the product touched.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The leakage meant the facility was unable to sanitize utensils and equipment sufficiently.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 14, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
To sanitize the mop, soak it in equal parts bleach and water for 15 minutes.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
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Debbi Hixon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
People should also clean and sanitize any surfaces and containers the product touched.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The leakage meant the facility was unable to sanitize utensils and equipment sufficiently.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 14, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
To sanitize the mop, soak it in equal parts bleach and water for 15 minutes.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
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Chlorine is added to disinfect and UV radiation helps kill off additional microorganisms.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
26 Jan. 2026
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Make sure to disinfect any tools between cuts by wiping them with rubbing alcohol to prevent spreading disease.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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After the cowboys’ home had yellowed to memory, illustrators such as Frederic Remington set about romanticizing the Westerner, a process vigorously seized upon by the chieftains of Hollywood.—
Miles Beller,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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There is nothing romanticized about the pain her characters experience.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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After receiving a settlement from his insurance company, Minds used the funds to decontaminate and fix his house.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Minds used his settlement not only to decontaminate but also to harden his home.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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There is no way to sugarcoat the awfulness of those months of anxiety.—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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There is no sugarcoating the depth of disagreement between public health and MAHA over some life-and-death interventions such as vaccines.—
Tom W. Johnson,
STAT,
26 Jan. 2026
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From 2016 to 2019, around 4,000 judges in Turkey were purged and replaced with far less experienced judges who are supporters of Erdoğan.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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Maybe that oversized bath sheet that isn’t getting used needs to be purged.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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Set in a perpetually sunny, idealized England vaguely between the wars, The Code of the Woosters concerns the misadventures of man-about-town Bertie Wooster (stupid, amiable, rich) and his impeccably helpful valet Jeeves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Teens are already blocked from repeatedly viewing videos that could send them down dangerous content rabbit holes, such as those idealizing certain body types.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The indoor pool is purified with ozone.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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According to Shi, biochar can trap those contaminants and purify the water.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Tensions between anti-ICE demonstrators and federal officers have intensified in recent weeks in cities across the country, particularly after the shooting deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in separate incidents last month in Minneapolis.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns are that power-hungry data centers fed by natural gas generators can hurt air quality, consume water and intensify climate damage.—
Conor Harrison,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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