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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
Once you’re done, toss the towel or sheet into the wash on hot water to sanitize it.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
Rodent poop marked another four places in the kitchen, including a server’s exposition area next to clean and sanitized coffee cups.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
The mill stopped production at their dye range, cleaned and sanitized the dye vats, and filled them with natural indigo from Stony Creek Colors.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
Baby bottle sterilizers use steam to ensure your bottles are completely sanitized.
—Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
Rodent poop marked another four places in the kitchen, including a server’s exposition area next to clean and sanitized coffee cups.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
The mill stopped production at their dye range, cleaned and sanitized the dye vats, and filled them with natural indigo from Stony Creek Colors.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
Baby bottle sterilizers use steam to ensure your bottles are completely sanitized.
—Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
Verb
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Clean and disinfect all parts of the home impacted by flood waters.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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To disinfect the drum of a front-loading washing machine, add two cups of hydrogen peroxide and run an empty load on the clean cycle.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
13 June 2025
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What was true about farms is true about the factories and mills that Americans romanticize to this day.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The social norms, peer pressure, romanticizing of alcohol as a balm in times of crisis and celebration, all swirls into a complex challenge for public health leaders.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Patterson warns that people should not touch bats and should be sure to decontaminate after visiting bat habitat to avoid spreading it.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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Also, the robots will need to be decontaminated, and nobody is going to want to have to deal with some sort of special, gentle, robot-friendly decontamination procedure.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Nov. 2014
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To their credit, Lacy and Levin don’t sugarcoat any of this or the ways Joel flirted with disaster as his lifestyle got out of control.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 July 2025
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That sugarcoats the fact that CVN-80 had seen its delivery date shifted from September 2029 to July 2030.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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During a May 19 town hall meeting with NIH staff members, Jay Bhattacharya, the institute’s new director, equivocated when asked about funding cuts for research into improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities — cuts made under the guise of purging DEI from the government.—
Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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All 12 seasons and 264 episodes of MSW were purged from Peacock this morning, despite the fact that the series is owned and distributed by Universal Television, sibling studio to the streamer.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
1 July 2025
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So Superman’s image is more polished and idealized in comic books during this time.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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This isn’t a biopic that idealizes my journey, but an honest portrait—unembellished and unafraid to confront any part of my life, no matter how difficult.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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The southernmost part of the tunnels near Race Street could double as stormwater overflow that's purified and used for a subterranean aquatic center, hosting activities like kayaking.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Iran’s enrichment of uranium, a nuclear fuel that can be weaponized if purified to high levels, has emerged as the biggest sticking point in the talks.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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The scrutiny then further intensified following a Thursday report from the Wall Street Journal citing a 50th birthday letter from Trump to Epstein that included an outline of a naked woman, sketched in marker, and Trump's signature.—
Mandy Taheri
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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The civil war in Syria intensified in 2014 as the PKK was withdrawing its fighters from Turkey.—
Ragip Soylu,
Time,
18 July 2025
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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