purify
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In such an environment, it is especially reckless to assume that war, no matter how justified, will somehow purify institutions rather than corrode them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The punishments were made after a "systematic review" and were needed "to enforce industry discipline, purify the football environment, and maintain fair competition", the CFA wrote on its official social media account Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to "purify" photons, a development that could improve both the performance and security of light based quantum technologies.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
The pool’s mechanical room looks like the boiler room of an ocean liner — with giant tanks that purify pool water and another system that stabilizes the temperature.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
No doubt professional salt gatherers have better ways to purify their salt, but I had no clue what these might be.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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This patent-pending technology purifies the isotope by removing it from the bismuth target and then loads it onto a shipping column for incorporation into targeted alpha therapy drugs.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
A key supply item is a replacement pump for the system on the ISS that purifies urine back to drinking water.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
This process chemically separates the DNA from other components of cells within the sample, such as proteins, and purifies it.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
Hidden under a newly paved parking lot next to a county courthouse, the wastewater treatment plant filters and purifies sewage and runoff simultaneously to produce water that exceeds state and federal drinking water regulations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
It purifies me, leaving me scoured both inside and out.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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It did so, nominating thousands of ingredients, including, for example, purified water and asparagus.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
Dr. Dudek-Wicher also highlighted an important distinction between professionally produced, purified ClO₂ solutions, which are sometimes used in dentistry, and the mixtures prepared at home by MMS supporters.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
Some bottlers sell tap water purified through reverse‑osmosis filtration which removes the minerals and flavour, he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Served by the glass, “the Los Angeles Tap water has more minerals and electrolytes dissolved than most purified bottled waters,” the menu notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Over and over again the liquid had to be strained and purified, even as it kept boiling, boiling, boiling in the copper vats.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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Separating and purifying the elements from mineral deposits often requires toxic chemicals, while radioactive substances are frequently present in the same geological formations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sartre argued that for the antisemite, “there is no question of building a new society, but only of purifying the one that exists.”
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
The companies purifying water look like better bets than the high-tech customers who use it.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
A post-death purifying fire seems a process of purgation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
‘I’ve put in some purifying herbs as well,’ said Renn.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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