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exfoliate

[eks-foh-lee-ayt] / ɛksˈfoʊ liˌeɪt /


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Treatments will clean, exfoliate and moisturize the scalp, and they will include a gentle head massage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

These are like facial masks for your feet, and many make lofty promises to remove calluses, exfoliate your skin and make your feet feel smoother and softer.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022

“The body treatment is especially nice because you’re able to exfoliate away a lot of the summer grime and get your skin ready for the fall season,” Holm explains.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

“It has antioxidants, green-tea extract, and a peptide-B3 complex, which helps hydrate and exfoliate skin,” says Gonzalez.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2018

The name is from the Latin vermiculor, “to breed worms,” because when heated before the blowpipe these minerals exfoliate into long worm-like threads.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

“If you don’t like ‘Crazy,’ there’s something wrong with you,” Lenae says as a pedicurist exfoliates her feet in a West Hollywood hotel room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

The spa’s most popular body treatment is the Honey Glow Body Wrap, which exfoliates your entire body in a warm wrap of honey.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

She demonstrates how to apply a cleanser to the nubs and how to move the buzzing device around your face as it exfoliates and removes dirt.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019

“Pumpkin reduces puffy eye tissue while strengthening the weakened capillaries that produce dark circles,” Hurtado says. “It also gently exfoliates dead skin cells for a brighter glow and reduces the appearance of wrinkles.”

From Forbes ● Oct. 28, 2014

The slime resembles a layer of albumen, spread with a brush; it exfoliates in drying, and finally becomes visible by the manner in which it colors green or deep brown.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

After addressing structural problems such as loss of adhesion and exfoliated paint, the restorers then used reversible techniques -- including watercolour paint -- to "stitch" everything back together, she said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

For 45 minutes, a “Q-facial” machine sprayed, vacuumed, exfoliated and hydrated my face, delivering ultrasonic waves at two different depths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Such exfoliated samples can be quite clean and free from impurities that would otherwise interfere with graphene's desirable properties.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

Once my feet were soaked and clipped, she exfoliated the tops of my feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

In Miller's aerial photo the mountain looked particularly sinister: a huge fin of exfoliated stone, dark and smeared with ice.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Dr Kently says he's seen an exponential rise in a condition called perioral dermatitis in teens, which is related to the overuse of ingredients that strip skin barriers like exfoliating hydroxy acids and retinoids.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

When Tayshia Adams, a TV host and self-professed skincare junkie, double cleanses in the shower, she uses a vitamin C-based exfoliating wash then a hydrating cleanser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

They swirled hand-muddled blueberries and raw honey into organic, sugar-free yogurt for his facial; they stirred exfoliating Japanese volcanic sand into mineral-rich Korean mud for his hydrating mask.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

When the trees shed their puzzle-piece bark, it’s like they’re exfoliating: They deposit pollutants into the soil, preventing them from entering local waterways or our lungs, while jettisoning damaged bark.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024

Ifemelu had finished and Aunty Uju was coating an exfoliating mask on her face when The General called to say he could no longer come.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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