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sanitize

[san-i-tahyz] / ˈsæn ɪˌtaɪz /


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She says she is only supposed to mop and sanitize when there is vomit or excrement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Her concurrence also refuses to sanitize Reconstruction into an abstract legal debate.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

“Broadcasters should not feel pressured to water down, sanitize, or avoid critical coverage out of fear of regulatory retaliation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

And Mr. Johnson, the postmaster, had wanted to sanitize my letter before he handled it.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

“Using a smartphone application sanitizes things and makes it feel like it’s safe and unbiased,” said Ari Sawyer, a border researcher for Human Rights Watch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

It uses an automated bin return that sanitizes trays with germ-killing ultraviolet light between users.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

She sanitizes her hands and turns to a staffer with a request.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022

Episodes emphasize a brightness and zest to overpower the shades of blue written into Lancashire's character, an approach that also sanitizes the battles women like Bradford's Alice Naman had to fight.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022

It cleans its contaminated sewage with an anaerobic reactor that sanitizes by biological means.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

Workers had cleared out and sanitized the eastern freezer, which was largely destroyed in the fire, earlier in the cleanup process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Today’s musician biopics are almost always overly sanitized stories approved by the artist or their estate.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

That standard should apply across the board, and it begins with independent audits: test sets built not from sanitized benchmarks but from questions people actually ask.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Other presidents have also sometimes behaved contrary to democratic ideals, and national memorials often present a more sanitized version of American history.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

They actually thought about handing their winnings over to some certified, qualified, sanitized, honest-to-God professional investor to run the money for them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Last week, OpenAI said its new Astra model was better at sanitizing its chain of thought, raising fears that future AI models could reason in ways opaque to humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“We see them as intellectualizing or sanitizing radical-right ideas that are then taken up by the parties in power,” said Allchorn, the U.K. extremism expert.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Years ago, Douthat might have been accused of sanitizing the figures who appear on his podcast or of providing intellectual cover to the legitimately unhinged.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025

Smith, who had plenty of very recent experience in the area, chastised Barkley for not sanitizing his hands before handling his doll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

The puff of cold sanitizing air made Coal shiver, and his skin wavered into view, then became transparent again.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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