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Recent Examples of disinfect
Her work has shown, for example, that bleach works pretty well at disinfecting feline virus in the lab, and that the same is true for a mouse norovirus that is often used in these experiments.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
There are food-safe disinfecting cleaners that don't require rinsing after use.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
To reduce the risk of norovirus, people are encouraged to wash their hands, handle and prepare food safely, clean and disinfect surfaces and wash their laundry well.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
If washing at the sink disinfects your hands, and soap facilitates that process, then great.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
There are food-safe disinfecting cleaners that don't require rinsing after use.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
To reduce the risk of norovirus, people are encouraged to wash their hands, handle and prepare food safely, clean and disinfect surfaces and wash their laundry well.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
If washing at the sink disinfects your hands, and soap facilitates that process, then great.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinfect
Verb
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Someone rinsed a pot, filled it with water and beans and didn’t take the sanitizing step.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Inspectors measured two sanitizer solutions below the minimum amount considered effective for sanitizing.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2025
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Then on Wednesday, sheriff’s officials sent an urgent message to patrol cars, saying the Altadena air had become so toxic after days of wildfires that deputies should wear masks on the job and decontaminate their uniforms before stepping foot in their homes.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Once contaminated, food cannot be decontaminated, posing risks to human health.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
Verb
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It's made by separating meat from fat and purifying it.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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Antimony is used in flame retardants and emerging clean-energy technologies, including in liquid-metal batteries and for purifying glass in solar panels.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2025
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Remove upper pan from double boiler (with the chocolate) and wipe bottom of pan to remove any water.—
Cathy Thomas,
Orange County Register,
3 Feb. 2025
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The platform was also wiped from the Apple App and Google Play stores.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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Career civil servants will be purged, replaced with political appointees whose primary qualification is apparent fealty to the President.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump and his administrative have fired independent inspectors generals of 17 agencies, purged the Justice Department of attorneys who worked on the criminal investigations targeting him and pushed out top FBI executives promoted by former FBI Director Christopher Wray.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Gascón’s name and image have been scrubbed from the studio’s latest for-your-consideration posters, which do not even mention the movie’s title.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Workers on a crane scrubbed the name from the stone front of its Washington headquarters.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In terms of sustainability, the staff clean the beach multiple times a day to reduce the chance of pollution making its way into the ocean.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2025
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Infected markets will be depopulated, cleaned, and remain closed for at least five days until passing inspection.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The after: alone in a quiet kitchen, rinsing out wine glasses and marveling over how little the whole thing cost me.—
Kendra Vaculin,
Bon Appétit,
11 Feb. 2025
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Those who find residue on their body can rinse the area with fresh water and scrape it off.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Disinfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfect. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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