as in to purify
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It's made by separating meat from fat and purifying it.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025 -
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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When used immediately after cleansing (and before your moisturizer or sunscreen), these products can add a nourishing boost to your skin care routine—without feeling greasy or heavy.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
5 Feb. 2025
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The enduring appeal Over the centuries, countless pilgrims have bathed and prayed in the Ganga, driven by the enduring belief that its waters possess the power to cleanse the spirit and cure diseases.—
Sudipta Sen,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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Both Premier League loan slots are taken up by summer signings Facundo Buonanotte and Odsonne Edouard, neither of whom featured as Leicester suffered a chastening 4-0 away defeat against relegation rivals Everton on Saturday.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Since a chastening defeat to Coco Gauff in Toronto in 2022, Sabalenka has completely remade her serve, eliminating the sprees of double faults that used to pepper her matches.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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None of this is intended to take away from the ambivalent and sometimes plainly harmful effects of attempts to spiritualize the pandemic.—
Benjamin Kirby,
Quartz Africa,
1 May 2020
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Thought and speech — thought’s public projection — are both combined and spiritualized.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
22 June 2019
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Sorrentino may also be exorcising some conflicting feelings about his birthplace, which is portrayed as a vulgar, crude place populated by crooks and hicks and photographed like its paradise.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their 27-25 triumph over the Ravens exorcised several demons in both this season and previous ones.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Lustrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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