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as in romanticized
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitized
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Wilson’s mugshot exploded across social media, sparking a wave of online fixation as many women openly romanticized his looks.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026 -
There is nothing romanticized about the pain her characters experience.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Locals began to protest outside of his department’s office, calling for wolves to be purged.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 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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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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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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Uranium is a nuclear fuel that can be used to make a bomb if purified to high levels.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The indoor pool is purified with ozone.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 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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For its part, Housewives has sugarcoated neither Gay’s clashes with the Mormon Church and subsequent estrangement from some friends and family members, nor the painful excommunication of her castmate and cousin Whitney Rose.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
12 Nov. 2025
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From there, the walls had to be opened, the insulation had to be changed out and every horizontal surface had to be decontaminated or replaced.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Afterward, the animals were decontaminated and bathed, and those who experienced the most inhalation are being supervised at a veterinary clinic, Halverson said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Two shows, much of it improvised, will be staged at The Conrad in La Jolla next Sunday and that heightened, in-the-moment energy transmits to the audience.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The polarized response to the Super Bowl halftime show was heightened by the president signaling his strong distaste for Bad Bunny both before and after the game.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Soldiers spent days scrubbed in grease, exposed to toxic chemicals, and blistering heat to find a single faulty sensor.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Sanitized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitized. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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