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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
This Bosch 300 dishwasher has five wash cycles and four settings, including delay start, half load and sanitize.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Handlers use leashes and balls that can be easily cleaned, and people must sanitize their hands before and after touching the dogs.
—Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Handlers use leashes and balls that can be easily cleaned, and people must sanitize their hands before and after touching the dogs.
—Laura Ungar, Fortune, 23 May 2026
Trying to control such speech or sanitize any possibility of offense, disagreement, or discomfort, will be a fool’s errand in a diverse democracy.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Handlers use leashes and balls that can be easily cleaned, and people must sanitize their hands before and after touching the dogs.
—Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Handlers use leashes and balls that can be easily cleaned, and people must sanitize their hands before and after touching the dogs.
—Laura Ungar, Fortune, 23 May 2026
Trying to control such speech or sanitize any possibility of offense, disagreement, or discomfort, will be a fool’s errand in a diverse democracy.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
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Scientists found that some yeast species capable of breaking down phenol, a chemical used to disinfect the mummy after its discovery, have increased over time despite the freezing temperatures.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Species that were able to digest phenol, a chemical used to disinfect the Iceman, have grown—despite the below-freezing temperatures that Ötzi is kept in.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
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No one knows better than founder Max Büsser that timepieces are a sort of modern fantasy, a way of romanticizing the mechanical inventions of yesteryear.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
11 June 2026
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All first responders and equipment involved in the operation had to be decontaminated, officials said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The bodies must be decontaminated before being taken to the corner’s office, local authorities said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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There's no reason to sugarcoat it.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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There’s no reason to sugarcoat that.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
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At various points during his interview with Sobchak, Dugin called the sport of surfing evil and said that its practitioners should be purged.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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The idea that dogs graze to purge a sick stomach is one of the explanations owners reach for most.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
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Waddingham was equally passionate about ensuring Debbie and Judith’s friendship felt authentic rather than idealized.—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Her reflections don’t present motherhood as effortless or idealized.—
Sugey Palomares,
Parents,
1 June 2026
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SacSewer does not charge or gain revenue from water treatment, which involves purifying raw environmental water into safe drinking water.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Jury convicted Anthony earlier Tuesday The jury convicted Anthony of murder in the stabbing death of 17‑year‑old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet – a case that drew national attention and intensified conversations about self‑defense, race, and safety at school events.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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However, the Fund noted that a prolonged or intensified conflict could negatively affect medium-term growth and investment prospects.—
Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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