decant
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When you get home, you decant the spring rolls, curry, rice and noodles onto real plates, turn the lights down low, light a few candles and put on music you actually want to listen to.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026
A previous report from 2022 suggested that a full decant could cost £7bn-£13bn with the building entirely vacated for between 12 and 20 years.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
Some terrific directorial touches linger, such as when three characters decant olive oil in sync, the golden lighting and jazzy instrumentals heightening the sense that the trio has achieved a state of flow.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
“We have solutions that we know will decant the system,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Pour on the same quantity of cold water; and, after settling, decant it off in the same manner.
From Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances by Black, Joseph
Less than a week after my half-hour text conversation with Dorn, a small package arrives at my door with decants of her eight selections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Klein’s husband decants the mixed nuts, and her 2-year-old daughter likes to put her snacks in the bins when they get home from the grocery store.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Williams, the author of the story collection “A Selfie as Big as the Ritz,” decants her first novel into flights, like wine.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2019
Only 20% of our properties are residential, but we're dealing with a growing number of housing estate "decants".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2013
While his friends, who never dream of Interrupting, stand agog, He decants a ceaseless stream of Monologue.
From Familiar Faces by Graham, Harry
These once held olive oil imported from Spain, North Africa and the Middle East and were discarded here after the oil was decanted at a nearby port.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025
In others - where the building material has been found to be at risk of failure - classrooms have been closed and pupils decanted to alternative buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
But now I make sure to stash some dish soap, decanted into a travel-size container, in my bag.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2022
Even for family meals in the kitchen, a bottle of milk or maple syrup would be decanted into a pitcher, a habit that I carry forward, with wine the singular exception.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
While everyone watched, Kilvin donned a thick leather glove and decanted about an ounce of dark liquid from the metal canister into a glass vial.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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More structured and more tannic than the Wapisa, it definitely benefited from an hour’s decanting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The anxious decanting of the container influencer points to a fear of scarcity or disorder.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
Unfiltered Port forms a sediment, or crust, in the bottle, requiring decanting into … well … decanters, allowing oxygen to mix with the Port while the sediment is left in the bottle.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Little touches like a fresh set of dish towels or decanting your dish soap into a pretty pump can do wonders to elevate the look and feel of your cooking space.
From Salon ● May 20, 2022
Moving carefully, I ran through the decanting procedure in my head, making sure I hadn’t forgotten anything.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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