sanitized

past tense of sanitize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitized
Verb
  • 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
  • Burgum purged the department of roughly 13,000 staffers last year and announced efforts to reduce its workforce by even more in April.
    Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • As a ritual romanticized for generations as one of the most significant events of a person’s life, the modern wedding tends to provoke a nebulous kind of introspection separating it from its most notable counterparts.
    Bobby Finger June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • These invasions get romanticized as elite fandom, as the epitome of love for the game.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • But that doesn’t matter because that’s been purified.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The Paris in his film feels stylized, idealized.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • The company said the approach is intended for real-world superconducting quantum processors rather than idealized laboratory systems, with an emphasis on manufacturability and scalability.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Officials have decontaminated the facility’s inmate housing as a precaution and medical staff are monitoring prisoners and staff, The Mercury News reported.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • How carpet shampooers work Carpet shampooers, also called carpet cleaners, combine water and specialized soap into a solution that’s sprayed into the carpet, then scrubbed and vacuumed away, bringing dirt with it.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 26 June 2026
  • Limited seats were available on the secondary market three hours before kickoff for the 64,487-seat Hard Rock Stadium (scrubbed of all branding by FIFA and re-named Miami Stadium for the tournament due to sponsorship restrictions).
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The continued seismic activity has heightened fears among residents, many of whom remain unwilling to return to homes that might have suffered structural damage.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 June 2026
  • An interesting month for the ‘baby designer’ crowd A new genome-editing tool used in early embryos has illuminated the role of a key gene overseeing the first stages of human development — and heightened the ongoing debate about whether such tools could or should ever be used to make a baby.
    O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 26 June 2026
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“Sanitized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitized. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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