struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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This combines excellent varietal purity with outstanding harmony.—Tom Hyland, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Supplements certified for sport provide additional reassurance that the product has been tested and verified for quality, purity, and safety.—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025 Under the original 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium only up to 3.67% purity and maintain a stockpile of uranium of 661 pounds.—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025 Under the original 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium only up to 3.67% purity and maintain a stockpile of uranium of 300 kilograms.—TIME, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for purity
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Middle English purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
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