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decant

[dih-kant] / dɪˈkænt /
VERB
tap
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I brew it in huge batches and decant it into a glass jug that looks vaguely like a science experiment.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025

The rapid "decant of services" meant the nine-bed ICU was given a temporary new home in the space previously occupied by eye theatre.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025

So don’t let the modest price fool you — crack open the screw cap a few hours before dinner, or better yet, decant it and let it come to life while you cook.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023

I poured coffee grounds from a red can into a pot of boiling water, waited to decant cowboy coffee, and thought about how to lose the fox.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

Let it remain untouched for a couple of days, then decant the bitter into another bottle.

From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

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

After brewing the coffee in a French press, Flynn decants it into a measuring cup and lets it rest for five minutes, allowing the sediment to fall to the bottom.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022

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

A vast coach park at the site decants tourists who will often also take in Bath and Windsor on a day trip from London.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2019

While his friends, who never dream of Interrupting, stand agog, He decants a ceaseless stream of Monologue.

From Familiar Faces by Harry Graham

The plants were decanted to temporary homes, and then carefully moved back into the renovated space.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Cereal and baking ingredients don’t need to be decanted or sorted by color.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022

Regardless, I decanted the wine to give it some air and the funk was soon gone.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

He brought out a bowl and decanted a slow blob of pine pitch into it.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

More structured and more tannic than the Wapisa, it definitely benefited from an hour’s decanting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

In both kitchens, we see a panoply of clear jars, an attention to display, and an affection for decanting.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025

"When you have a system that is under so much pressure, you can't get ambulances decanting those vulnerable patients into the ED and those ambulances are trapped."

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

Klein is a proponent of decanting dry goods into containers and putting products in bins.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

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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