sanitize

Example Sentences

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Homeless people are highly susceptible to infectious diseases that pass through contact with fecal matter because they lack the hygiene resources of people who have private and regularly sanitized bathing and hand-washing facilities.

From Seattle Times

The result is that, according to widespread reports, most Russians are seeing only the sanitized pictures from Ukraine that Putin wants them to see.

From Washington Post

On the other hand, Hom said, some readers have complained that withholding graphic images of violent events sanitizes and distorts the truth.

From Washington Post

He brought his shop vacuum from home to clean up the mess, then sanitized all the desks in the classroom, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

He and his wife, Stephanie, were careful all of 2020, he said, wearing masks, sanitizing and canceling Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings with extended family.

From Seattle Times