sanitized

verb

past tense of sanitize
1
as in disinfected

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2
as in romanticized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitized
  1. purged
  2. romanticized
  3. purified
  4. idealized
  5. decontaminated
  6. sugarcoated
  7. scrubbed
  8. heightened
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  • Xi has purged or expelled most of the seven-member Central Military Commission, leaving just him and one other member.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Even when Putin purged Russia’s defense ministry for corruption, including much of Shoigu’s own personal network, Putin transferred Shoigu to a weighty role in the Security Council rather than disempower him.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • Viral memes, in 2024 and now, have romanticized him as a popular – and incredibly attractive – man of the people who made corporate elites within the American health insurance industry afraid.
    — Evan Clarkson, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The fact that such men are in short supply, and that this romanticized myth didn’t even remotely compare with the lives such men actually lived, is of little concern to today’s masculinists.
    — Michael Kimmel, Time, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of romanticized
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  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • In these photographs, the maternal body enters spaces designed around seduction, aspiration, and idealized femininity without renouncing any of them.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The report suggests that idealized portrayals of dating on social media may be affecting confidence and expectations, in some cases as much as or more than rejection itself.
    — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 20 July 2026
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  • Those exhibiting suspicious symptoms had samples taken and sent to a laboratory for analysis, the ministry said on Saturday, adding that the vessel was also decontaminated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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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
  • 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
Definition of sugarcoated
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  • Previously, Ars reported on a controversial dataset that was later scrubbed after researchers found CSAM in the training data, but there’s no indication xAI trained on that data.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Chang’e 7 was supposed to launch onboard a Long March 5 rocket on August 24, but the launch was scrubbed on Sunday evening, China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a statement.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrubbed
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  • However, fundraising on such a massive scale has also heightened market concerns over long-term capacity oversupply.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The bones are covered in a sandy bacon jam hot with suya spice heightened with West African black pepper.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of heightened
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“Sanitized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitized. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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