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pure

[pyoor] / pjʊər /






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The addition of the turbo satisfies the need for the engines to be road-relevant, as well as increasing efficiency and requiring less fuel than a pure naturally aspirated engine.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

And there’s pure Elena Kagan jujitsu going on here.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

In other words, Saturday was a heaping serving of college football’s oldest specialty: pure, unadulterated mayhem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Some of the money saved could become pure profit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I didn’t know all the particulars of how it happened, but my heart told me he was pure and true.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Europe and as far away as Australia every day, cheaper and purer than they’ve been in decades, said law-enforcement officials across four continents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I think young people in the village and, actually, myself, aren't as strong-spirited as in the past... People were purer," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

“This time, the move is happening despite substantial economic resilience and is a much purer reflection” of the increased risk investors associate with the dollar, “building on weakening confidence about the greenback,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026

The team proposed that heavy, salt-rich ice embedded within purer ice could slowly descend through the shell, recycling surface material and delivering nutrients to the ocean.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026

For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism—either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

He adds: "It's the purest form of anti-fashion…and that is what makes it so interesting and unique."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Then, around some Jewish holiday, I go to a friend’s house for lunch, and by purest coincidence, at the table, there sits Fogelman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"This work reflects a philosophy of chemistry that's designed to accelerate drug discovery in its purest form," says Moses.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

“When I tried to dilute it into the purest essence,” she says, “it felt like safety.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

It was the purest connection Akira had had with anybody or anything in her entire life.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz


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