as in to purify
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These brands typically use processes like reverse osmosis or distillation to purify their water, effectively removing fluoride.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025 -
In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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Mix a pea sized amount with holi (water) and pat all over the face, lips neck and chest after cleansing.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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After cleansing, dousing her skin with vitamin C, and patting on a smidge of eye cream, the Drop star prepares to finish her skin-care regimen with Paula’s Choice Essential Glow Moisturizer SPF 30.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
7 Apr. 2025
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Two months later, his side suffered a 5-2 defeat to Crystal Palace, followed by a chastening 5-0 loss away to Chelsea in May.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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None of this is intended to take away from the ambivalent and sometimes plainly harmful effects of attempts to spiritualize the pandemic.—
Benjamin Kirby,
Quartz Africa,
1 May 2020
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Thought and speech — thought’s public projection — are both combined and spiritualized.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
22 June 2019
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If the Wolves do make it to the playoffs, Randle will have some demons to exorcise in that venue.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Toronto x-wild card Playoffs Wild-card: Seattle d. Detroit; Tampa Bay d. Kansas City Divisional: Houston d. Tampa Bay; New York d. Seattle Wild-card: Houston d. New York World Series; Dodgers d. Houston as the final postseason demon is exorcised.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Lustrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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