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as in pristine
being in an original and unused or unspoiled state
one of the state's few remaining tracts of virginal prairie
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as in pure
free from any trace of the coarse or indecent
the romance between the young boy and girl is portrayed with virginal innocence that is touching in this day and age
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Recent Examples of virginal
In fact, a single Old Testament line might be the source for the virginal aspect of the cult of Mary.
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Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Would the virginal and so presumably menstruating Mary have been barred from worshipping her son?
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Why keep up this fake pretense that each date is somehow brand-new, virginal?
—Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Some students — like the owner of a pristine 1960s Chevrolet Impala — entertained a crowd of oglers with their immaculate engine bays and pristine paint jobs.—
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Liis Studied feels like nesting, whether that’s on a pristine white couch with a fluffy blanket, under the covers in bed, or tucked away in the corner of a cozy bookstore.—
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So yes, Mary might have remained unmarried without George.—
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But Jo, the aspiring writer, is at the center of the narrative, as the sister trying to imagine a life outside of what is expected of her as a young, unmarried woman.—
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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 a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add extra virgin olive oil.—
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Another option is pan-popping in a small amount of extra virgin olive, avocado, or canola oil.—
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Inland, the immaculate padel and tennis courts are always alive with the thwack of fierce competition.—
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The cast, including Emmy winners Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa, is immaculate and magnetic.—
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The New York-style market, which has locations in Stallings and Lancaster, SC, will have fresh pasta and mozzarella, gelato, espresso stations and more.—
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Quarterback is a question-mark, with Kyler Murray more likely to get a fresh start than return to Arizona.—
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In March 2025, another ton-class unmanned transport aircraft, the TP1000, completed its maiden flight in Shandong Province.—
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The one huge positive amid the debris of this series is the emergence of Jacob Bethell, and his maiden Test (and first-class) century in Sydney was an innings of rare class.—
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The best time to prune chaste tree is in late winter.—
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Chihiro and Hiruhiko were engaging in the sort of passionate but chaste dude-bro melodrama that takes place only in shōnen manga.—
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“Virginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virginal. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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