purity
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His quest for purity made him create a protest art without protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kazan doesn’t sacrifice much of the character’s darkness, but rather enables Pugh, an actress who ably navigates purity and corruption, to play with both closer to the surface than usual.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
In the U.S., over-the-counter supplements are not regulated, so each brand of supplement can vary in strength, purity, etc.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
It was the era of “Urban Cowboy” and purity was being policed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
He does not talk about purity any more but of the necessity of using common cultural sign systems to reflect the iconic banality of our times.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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But there are heroes, too, who remind us of our own potential for villainy, impure mirrors who reflect back at us the false purities we hide.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2018
And Gorky was far from alone in his scorn, as painting raced toward the purities of Abstract Expressionism.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
As soon as you start to demand metals at higher purities then the costs soar.
From Forbes ● Aug. 19, 2013
But seabed explorers have found purities of 10 percent and higher — turning the obscure deposits into potential bonanzas.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2012
Mort de ma vie! am I not the very slave of your sex, that for all the charms, the goodness, the kindnesses and purities, is a continual reproach to mine?
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
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