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purify

[pyoor-uh-fahy] / ˈpjʊər əˌfaɪ /


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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

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

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

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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