sanitize
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And the cartoonish portrayal of combat using childlike blocky figures helps to sanitize gritty images of war, helping it to get past social media filters—and pushing it far beyond Iran’s borders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Food processing plants apply it to sanitize surfaces and equipment.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
Founded by brothers Neal, Daniel, Jeffrey and Jordan Harmon, the company began as VidAngel, a service that allowed viewers to sanitize Hollywood movies by erasing sex, violence and swear words.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
Vladeck: Two other things tend to be true when the court rushes: They tend to be more honest, because there’s less time to sanitize what they’re doing.
From Slate • May 28, 2024
We don’t even have time to talk except catering-teamwork talk, so while we wash and sanitize big pots and pans, she occasionally hip-bumps me and I hip-bump her back.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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