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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
Paper cartons can absorb moisture and bacteria, and are difficult to sanitize.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Gardeners are always reminded to sanitize their pruning tools between plants, but what does that really mean?
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026
Clean and sanitize any surfaces that may have come into contact with the chocolate.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Educate honestly and risk professional consequences, or sanitize instruction at the expense of students’ understanding of the world around them.
—Debbi Hixon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Gardeners are always reminded to sanitize their pruning tools between plants, but what does that really mean?
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026
Clean and sanitize any surfaces that may have come into contact with the chocolate.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Educate honestly and risk professional consequences, or sanitize instruction at the expense of students’ understanding of the world around them.
—Debbi Hixon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
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Make sure to use clean garden tools for cutting to avoid spreading diseases among plants, and disinfect the tools between cuts.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Very diluted bleach can be used to disinfect surfaces where food with potentially harmful bacteria, like raw chicken, was prepared, but Dunivin recommends using other food-contact sanitizers instead.—
Jamie Friedlander Serrano,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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No more romanticizing what the core looks like in 148 minutes together.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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The historic Egmont was a Flemish general, a hero to his people in the Netherlands who attempts to serve the 16th century Spanish emperor, Philip II, and rife for Goethe’s romanticizing.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The sheriff's office says first responders were decontaminated at the hospital.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 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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Bluey tells compelling stories of emotional intelligence and regulation in a way that doesn’t feel sugarcoated and is hopeful rather than escapist.—
Miranda Rake,
Parents,
19 Feb. 2026
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But Shiffrin rarely sugarcoats her feelings.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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Liu Zhenli was in charge of the Joint Staff Department before he was purged.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC news,
25 Feb. 2026
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Heaters were deployed to keep the Orion capsule on top of the rocket warm, while rocket-purging systems were adapted to the cold.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Many love songs idealize; here, John Prine and Iris DeMent sweetly rattle off a list of each other’s endearing imperfections.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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The characters are mostly idealized, the action is predictable, and its core conflicts derivative of those in the minds of most American teenagers in the middle of the 20th century.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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In the biblical sense, the refiner’s fire not only destroys, but purifies the slate clean for novel growth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Tensions have since intensified, with Washington continuing to deploy military assets across the Middle East.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The debate over how much university administrators should make, relative to staff and faculty, was intensified by recent raises for those at the top of the pay scale.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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