as in pure
free from added matter
purified water that was now safe to drink
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as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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Recent Examples of purified
New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Cetaphil’s face serum uses purified peptides to improve your skin’s elasticity and reduce the appearance of lines.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
In warm-toned carotenoids, cellulose was first produced, harvested, and purified, and then soaked in separate cultures that produced pigments.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025
The purification method the city is using for Phase One — called indirect potable reuse — softened that image somewhat by requiring the purified water to sit in a reservoir for months.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Use bottled or purified water for drinking and brushing your teeth when traveling or camping.
—Brandi Jones, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
The entire development integrates wellness at every level — from biophilic design elements to organic materials, purified air systems, and toxin-free materials.
—The Well Coconut Grove, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Typically harvested from the thighs or abdomen via liposuction or a syringe, fat is gently purified and re-injected to restore volume and smooth wrinkles on the face, hands, and beyond.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Sustainability tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at the renewable building materials used to construct the lodge, as well as a tutorial on how the 240 solar panels, 10 water turbines, and 48 energy storage units provide renewable energy and purified water.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
After months of negotiations, the group began redirecting this purified, cooled thermal water onto a 6-acre patch of low-lying land.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Men, on the other hand, need to be purified by a woman through ritual in order to effectively engage in Kundalini practice.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
For the red-family (red-to-yellow) carotenoids, the researchers harvested and purified the cellulose before soaking it in the pigment-producing cultures.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
These stem cells are purified in a lab, and then modified using an inactivated form of the virus that causes HIV.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The water is contained and continually purified and reused.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
The patented process breaks down polyester textile waste into its base monomers (aka DMT and MEG), which are then purified to virgin status before being polymerized into Twist resin.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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As the plants remove nitrogen compounds and other nutrients, the purified water flows back into each aquatic zone below.
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In the final step of the process, the paste is thawed and purified into a liquid at a high temperature.
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Just the pure joy of motion and music.—
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That verisimilitude functioned as a solvent, lending credibility and urgency to elements of the show that might otherwise register as pure cheese; the medical realism and sentimental flourishes were mutually reinforcing.—
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In many ways, once that past was purged Kansas City has been binging on BIRGing ever since.—
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This year, the Department of Health and Human Services purged thousands of employees and weakened government programs dedicated to tobacco control, environmental safety, injury prevention, and reproductive health.—
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Yellow-filtered to the max, the film looks veritably marinated in Hawaiian Tropic.—
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Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large.—
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The London punk rebels seized the revolutionary spirit of 1977 with their raw manifesto The Clash, then refined their sound with the flawed Give ‘Em Enough Rope.—
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The wide-leg pants and cap-sleeve top strike that sweet spot between relaxed and refined, while the soft, stretchy fabric keeps you comfy from takeoff to touchdown.—
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The college’s spokesperson has not clarified what the repayment terms will be.—
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Inman also confirmed the aircraft had recently undergone a heavy maintenance check in San Antonio, and clarified earlier reports of the plane reaching 475 feet were inaccurate.—
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Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.—
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Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are edible seeds extracted from pumpkins.—
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“Purified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purified. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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