as in cleansing
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as in purging
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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as in filtering
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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Recent Examples of purifying
Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
One of the best home deals available, this one looks futuristic and boasts excellent purifying power.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
The unit also features an air-purifying system, automatic defrosting function, and interior LED light that can be set for a blue, amber, or white glow.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Nov. 2025
Drinking water with a slice of lemon first thing in the morning is one of the most vouched-for wellness tips—and not just for its purifying properties.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
Rubber plants have broad waxy leaves that are effective in purifying the air from toxins and absorbing bacteria and mold spores.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Nov. 2025
Berenter said people have become more familiar with the concept of purifying sewage — and much more trusting of the science behind it — since San Diego first floated the idea two decades ago.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Like the process of purifying reuse water, the desalination process is more expensive than the typical methods of treating non-brackish groundwater for consumption.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Antimony also is used in clean-energy technologies, including liquid-metal batteries, and for purifying glass in solar panels.
—Kevin Fixler
september 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2025
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For example, those that change the cooling solution or solvent, which is typically used in the process of separating and purifying nuclear materials.
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To use the bestseller, distribute three pumps over the face and neck daily, post-cleansing, and start savoring its impressive effects after a couple of months of consistent application.—
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Mario Badescu’s no-frills formula refines pores and soothes skin post-cleansing with witch hazel and rose water.—
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Maduro complemented the repressive apparatus by purging institutions of anyone who dared dissent.—
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The task of purging your closet of unwanted or outdated items to make more space can be a nightmare.—
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Strategically using dimmers, light-filtering and -blocking window coverings, and temperature-changing light sources also offer sensory support.—
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Winds will remain gusty throughout Saturday, with drier air filtering in behind the front.—
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The Maryland rapper fills his fourth album with cathartic melodies and sentimental tributes to family.—
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There’s nothing sort of overly melodramatic or cathartic about it.—
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Rather than clarifying events surrounding Epstein's death, the footage appears to complicate the official narrative, and contradicts some prior statements about the prison's surveillance system.—
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The death certificates for Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner are clarifying the timeline of their deaths.—
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Many stepwells were used for ablution; the tanks associated with mosques, Hindu temples and other shrines offered the most purificatory form. Summoning water from the depths was also a symbol of temporal power.—
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But extracting them and refining them is the difficult part.—
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To find marginal gains in performance and stand out from an increasingly homogenous field of super shoes, brands are looking beyond refining the fundamentals.—
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Among the more moving cases that Blair describes are those of people who in life were vulnerable and powerless but in death were considered formidable threats.—
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The offense is considered a non-moving violation with no license points, though vehicles can be towed in some cases.—
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“Purifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purifying. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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